Savennieres Le Bel Ouvrage, Damien Laureau

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The 2015 Savennieres Le Bel Ouvrage is from two different plots, the Clos Bourcier (on rhyolite) and another one on gray schist. Fermented and aged in newer oak than Les Genets (new to three years old), this is a deep, ripe and intense Chenin with super ripe fruit flavours and fine mineral flavours from the rocky soils. On the palate, this is a full bodied intense, piquant and elegant Savennières with ripe, juicy and well concentrated fruit and fine tannins. The finish is long and aromatic as well as clean and well structured. It`s a powerful and intense but elegant and persistent Savennieres that should be aged for some years. Bottled in August 2017.