Chateau Peybonhomme-Les-Tours Côtes de Blaye Le Blanc 2014 domaine-billon chalky finish

chalky finish

fresh wine enhanced by seasoned tannins and the reoccuring traces of ripe fruit

Winemaker Romain & Virginie Taupenot apply precise viticulture and gentle oak ageing (partly new oak) to produce a wine that balances expressive dark red and blue fruits

then foot-trodden and fermented with roughly 20% whole bunches in large wooden tronconique vats before spending between 12 and 24 months in neutral 600-litre barrels (and some very old barriques)

Chateau Peybonhomme-Les-Tours Côtes de Blaye Le Blanc 2014 domaine-billon chalky finishThe 2014 Le Blanc Bonhomme is a blend of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc drawn from a 2 hectare, biodynamic vineyard close to the banks of the Gironde River. Guillaume Hubert's grounded, vineyard focused approach results in a vibrant, unworked and racy white whose crunchy freshness and juicy texture reflects its limestone soils more transparently than anything we have come to expect of white Bordeaux. The grapes are handpicked, manually sorted and