Domaine Gavoty Clarendon Cotes de Provence Blanc 2024 Northern Rhone this cuvée shows excellent freshness

this cuvée shows excellent freshness

the 1982 Fargues is cleaner and more straightforward than the wildly complex and unctuous 1983

Xavier has produced a single-vineyard Côte-Rôtie from Le Mollard—the site in which the majority of the domaine’s holdings in the appellation are planted

The “L’Esprit” Rouge comprises 60% Carignan and 40% Syrah

in addition to producing classically saline white wines from a range of indigenous Ligurian varieties

Domaine Gavoty Clarendon Cotes de Provence Blanc 2024 Northern Rhone this cuvée shows excellent freshnessLike its ros counterpart, the Clarendon Blanc is produced from Gavotys oldest vinesin this case, Rolle planted in 1981. While no heavier than their Grand Classique cuve, this is both more blatant in its minerality and more multilayered, with fruits verging on the exotic corseted by a palpable sense of appetizing bitterness. Vinified and raised in cement and steel, Clarendon Blanc relies on the quality of its fruit rather than any trompe loeil of