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

red-fruited

At their finest

aromatic herbs and marine notes

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

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