Philippe Gilbert Menetou-Salon Blanc 2023 Champagne Aged in used oak barrels

Aged in used oak barrels following a 15-day maceration in old open-top wooden casks

Crinquand’s version of Trousseau from Pupillin is vinified in barrel in similar manner to his Ploussard

when it is

red-fruited

The Goumards feel that this parcel produces a wine of more refinement than one typically finds in the Languedoc – a shade less rustic than “Terre de Jonquières

Philippe Gilbert Menetou-Salon Blanc 2023 Champagne Aged in used oak barrelsPhilippes stellar Menetou Salon Blanc is unfailingly mineral driven, yet without the straitjacketed citrusy rigidity more conventionally and commercially minded Loire Sauvignon Blanc frequently displays. A sense of lusciousnessone that is distinct from viscosityprovides a texturally attractive counterpoint to the rapier like acidity, and nods ever so glancingly to its upstream Chenin Blanc based cousins, yet this is unmistakably Kimmeridgian grown