Cave de Haut Pitou, Le Bois de la Tour, Loire, France, 2018

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Tasted by: Peter Richards MW
Drinking Window: 2020 - 2022
There are frivolous summer wines and serious summer wines. This is one of the latter. A fairly stern line of citric acidity flows from start to finish, with gooseberry, mineral and herbal hints by way of light relief. Very long, very linear, one to accompany grilled prawns. Dare to be different.
Producer
Cave de Haut Pitou
Brand
Le Bois de la Tour
Vintage
2018
Wine Type
Still
Colour
White
Country
France
Region
Sweetness
Dry
Alcohol
12.00%
Grapes
Sauvignon Blanc