Damien Laureau Savennieres Le Bel Ouvrage, Loire, France 2016 Champagne Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

with flavors of raspberry and red plum

On the palate it is very elegant

and zero dosage

meets the predicate quite well

Damien Laureau Savennieres Le Bel Ouvrage, Loire, France 2016 Champagne Pinot Noir and ChardonnayThis Chenin Blanc, the 2016 Le Bel Ouvrage, is now starting to throw off its youth and develop aging characters of lanolin and earthy notes alongside cooked pineapple. There's clearly been a lot of care put into this wine the delicacy and transparency of the juice is fabulous and although it packs plenty of power and drive, presumably from the schist and rhyolite soils, it does so in an elegant and light footed way. There's no sense of being forced,