Guiberteau Saumur Blanc Clos des Carmes 2021 Grape_Melon de Bourgogne with Alain and Maxime Graillot

with Alain and Maxime Graillot in the Northern Rhone Valley

and climate creates a distinctive character—fresh

fresh goat cheese with herbs and olive oil

picking only when ripeness and acidity align

This tasty

Guiberteau Saumur Blanc Clos des Carmes 2021 Grape_Melon de Bourgogne with Alain and Maxime GraillotThe Land The hill of Brz sits in the Saumur appellation's innermost core, where the Loire Valley's chalky tuffeau limestone reaches closest to the surface. The Clos des Carmes is a 2. 6 hectare monopole on the south facing mid slope of that hill, with silty clay topsoil over tuffeau bedrock that defines the area's most compelling whites. Curnonsky, the 20th century gastronome who spent decades mapping France's great terroirs, classified Clos des