Damien Laureau Savennieres Le Bel Ouvrage, Loire, France 2018 Halter Ranch Vineyard Jim Gordon

Jim Gordon

Rich and plummy with chewy tannins and a superlative finish

There’s a purity and depth to the fruit here that belies it’s quick

Riddling and disgorging are done by hand

The mid-palate

Damien Laureau Savennieres Le Bel Ouvrage, Loire, France 2018 Halter Ranch Vineyard Jim GordonThis cuve is sourced from vines planted on schist near Beauprau, but also takes fruit from the vines on rhyolite in Chambourcier, further down the slope. In this vintage the harvest was finished before Les Genets, which perhaps explains Damiens anxiety around that cuve. The fermentation and levage was the same as Les Genets, and it was bottled in May 2020. The nose is broad and energetic, with richly spiced white peach, in an expressive and smoky