Domaine Saint-Cyr VdF Sauvage Blanc 2023 CHECK UPC fruit plates

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A sublime expression of the exceptional 1963 vintage

in a small laboratory behind a bar in Milan's Piazza San Babila

and it's the most persuasive argument anyone makes for Xarel-lo as a serious variety

aged 36 months in Slavonian oak

Domaine Saint-Cyr VdF Sauvage Blanc 2023 CHECK UPC fruit platesSauvignon Blanc in Beaujolais is not a thing, which is precisely why Raphael Saint Cyr makes it. Sauvage comes off clay limestone soils at his organic estate in Anse and is vinified with no additives and no fuss, in a quantity so small it barely leaves France. Where a lot of Sauvignon leans hard on the aromatics, this one is taut and stony, with the fruit kept on a short leash. It's a genuinely odd bottle from a producer who clearly enjoys making them.