Guiberteau Saumur Blanc Clos des Carmes 2021 Grand Cru mineral tones

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which is what places it outside the Brunello rules rather than inside them

Guiberteau Saumur Blanc Clos des Carmes 2021 Grand Cru mineral tonesThe Land The hill of Brz sits in the Saumur appellation's innermost core, where the Loire Valley's chalky tuffeau limestone reaches closest to the surface. The Clos des Carmes is a 2. 6 hectare monopole on the south facing mid slope of that hill, with silty clay topsoil over tuffeau bedrock that defines the area's most compelling whites. Curnonsky, the 20th century gastronome who spent decades mapping France's great terroirs, classified Clos des