Philippe Gilbert Menetou-Salon Blanc 2023 Champagne and the palate shows a

and the palate shows a touch of structure with ample richness and a current of energy that pulses through all her wines

aromatic herbs and marine notes

Crinquand’s version of Trousseau from Pupillin is vinified in barrel in similar manner to his Ploussard

At their finest

Aged in used oak barrels following a 15-day maceration in old open-top wooden casks

Philippe Gilbert Menetou-Salon Blanc 2023 Champagne and the palate shows aPhilippes stellar Menetou Salon Blanc is unfailingly mineral driven, yet without the straitjacketed citrusy rigidity more conventionally and commercially minded Loire Sauvignon Blanc frequently displays. A sense of lusciousnessone that is distinct from viscosityprovides a texturally attractive counterpoint to the rapier like acidity, and nods ever so glancingly to its upstream Chenin Blanc based cousins, yet this is unmistakably Kimmeridgian grown