Damien Laureau, Savennieres "L'Alliance", 2020 SO042324_Bordeaux_Spring perhaps the most instantly recognizable

perhaps the most instantly recognizable Turley vineyard in a blind tasting

a Third Growth estate on a plateau of deep Garonne gravel in the heart of Margaux

in the Ruwer Valley

and screaming with high-toned fruit

Damien Laureau, Savennieres "L'Alliance", 2020 SO042324_Bordeaux_Spring perhaps the most instantly recognizableDamien Laureau arrived in Savennires in 1999 from a grain farming family near Versaillesan outsider who has become, as La Revue de Vin de France noted, "undoubtedly the future star of Savennires." L'Alliance blends younger vines from La Petite Roche and Pitrouillet on schist and sandstone soils. Certified organic since 2012, indigenous yeast fermented, minimal sulfur. Chenin Blanc from the Loire's most ageworthy appellation, at an accessible entry