Arnaud Lambert Saumur Blanc Les Parcelles 2023 EGLY24 indigenous grapes

indigenous grapes

with a core of flowers and wild berries

the liquid is twice-distilled in a Christian Carl copper pot still

with a balanced sweetness

a bit of spice

Arnaud Lambert Saumur Blanc Les Parcelles 2023 EGLY24 indigenous grapesThis is the easiest way into Arnaud Lambert's range, and it is no shortcut wine: roughly 85% comes from young vines in his top crus at Breze and Saint Cyr en Bourg, with the balance from Chenin Blanc grown outside Saumur. Everything sits on the tuffeau limestone bedrock that made Breze famous, under varying topsoils of clay and sand. Lambert farms more than 40 hectares organically across three communes, and the winemaking here is deliberately