Domaine Guiberteau Saumur Brézé Blanc 2021 bouchie-chatelier rose water and Turkish delight

rose water and Turkish delight in the background

Planted into a steep southerly facing slope

Predominantly Garnatxa with 10% each Carinyena and Syrah

while the mature body

with respect of soil and vine balance

Domaine Guiberteau Saumur Brézé Blanc 2021 bouchie-chatelier rose water and Turkish delightThis is 100% Chenin Blanc, grown on the calcareous soils in and around Brz, more precisely, from younger vines in Clos de Guichaux and Clos des Carmes, as well as some old vines from the Bas de Pentes terroir of Brz. Then there is a splash of Les Chapaudaises from Bizay. As any Saumurois will tell you, these terroirs are some of the crown jewels of Saumur (particularly the Clos des Carmes, which sits on the chalky mother rock of the Brz hill, just