Domaine Gavoty Clarendon Cotes de Provence Blanc 2024 Northern Rhone this cuvée shows excellent freshness

this cuvée shows excellent freshness

a variety whose relatively neutral fruit character allows for a powerful articulation of calcareous minerality

The “L’Esprit” Rouge comprises 60% Carignan and 40% Syrah

and it is refreshing to encounter a grower who bucks that trend

Domaine Gavoty Clarendon Cotes de Provence Blanc 2024 Northern Rhone this cuvée shows excellent freshnessLike its ros counterpart, the Clarendon Blanc is produced from Gavotys oldest vinesin this case, Rolle planted in 1981. While no heavier than their Grand Classique cuve, this is both more blatant in its minerality and more multilayered, with fruits verging on the exotic corseted by a palpable sense of appetizing bitterness. Vinified and raised in cement and steel, Clarendon Blanc relies on the quality of its fruit rather than any trompe loeil of