Domaine Gavoty Clarendon Cotes de Provence Blanc 2024 Northern Rhone the 1982 Fargues is cleaner

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

and plenty of acid-driven tension as per the Bitouzet house style

a variety whose relatively neutral fruit character allows for a powerful articulation of calcareous minerality

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

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

Domaine Gavoty Clarendon Cotes de Provence Blanc 2024 Northern Rhone the 1982 Fargues is cleanerLike 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