Guiberteau Saumur Rouge 2022 (1.5L) NO20231108 and a stony minerality

and a stony minerality

and it finds an unlikely home in the warm volcanic soils of the Rattlesnake Hills AVA in the Yakima Valley

generally the most opulent and structured of the domaine's reds

from late summer crabs to winter harvested Liberties

Created in 1894 by Cavalier Pasquale Vena in the back of his biscuit factory in Pisticci

Guiberteau Saumur Rouge 2022 (1.5L) NO20231108 and a stony mineralityRomain Guiberteau is one of the brightest stars of the Loire, and his reds have become benchmarks for what Cabernet Franc can do in Saumur. Working organically on the limestone (tuffeau) soils around Le Puy Notre Dame, he makes wines of unusual purity, structure and finesse closer to fine Burgundy in feel than to rustic country reds. This is his village Saumur Rouge, 100% Cabernet Franc, the perfect entry into a cult domaine that's notoriously hard to