Globule Blanc 2022 Producer|Ezio CerrutiElegant and refined Chenin Blanc from a 45 year old parcel planted over schist in Saint Aubin de Luign, pressed directly to cuve for a year of levage. This warmer vintage has rendered a plush, perfumed natural wine that pairs ripe stone fruits, smoke and anise to beautiful effect. On the palate there is tension and minerality sitting in perfect balance with ripe fruits. Wonderfully refined with subtle nuance and detail. Adrien has a very considered
Aromatically the wine is especially alive
Like all their wines bottled unfined and unfiltered after a year
balanced depth from the lees contact
or wermut as the Germans would say
seek to demonstrate the more specific terroir of their land
The wine is bottled immediately without any elaborate elevage
Another lifted and vibrant expression of the varietal
giving you a nice saving over ordering each bottle individually
These natural wines are blended with a mixture of raw alcohol
at first the wine jumps at you with lots of tart red fruits before layers of salt
Barbera always bursts with red fruits and that racy line of acidity will slice through even the fattiest cut of salumi
the inclusion of the skins placing this wine somewhere between pink and orange in both appearance and character