Château Penin - Cabanes Bordeaux Blanc 2024 with the vineyards comprising 27

with the vineyards comprising 27 hectares that are divided into three different sub zones: Altesino

Gimonnet refuses to make a cuvée exclusively from these parcels

The ancestral method is long and complicated but makes unique wine with low alcohol and a sweet

This approach leads to wines that to some are infuriatingly inconsistent and to many others beguilingly so

Château Penin - Cabanes Bordeaux Blanc 2024 with the vineyards comprising 27This family business was founded in 1855 by Louis Carteyron and his son Jacques. In 2022, Antoine and his brother Etienne became the sixth generation to run the estate, which has grown to 50 sustainably farmed hectares. This blend of 40% Sauvignon Blanc, 30% Sauvignon Gris, 30% Smillon was grown on a clay hillside over limestone. Part of the Sauvignon Blanc and Sauvignon Gris were co planted, and thus co fermented. All was gently pressed and cold