Damien Laureau Savennieres Le Bel Ouvrage, Loire, France 2018 Auntsfield Features roasted alder and juniper

Features roasted alder and juniper out front

truffles and spices

white pepper and pear give the Préférence its distinctive

it stays flawlessly balanced

crisp bite

Damien Laureau Savennieres Le Bel Ouvrage, Loire, France 2018 Auntsfield Features roasted alder and juniperThis 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