Damien Laureau Savennieres Le Bel Ouvrage, Loire, France 2016 Champagne balanced finish

balanced finish

and balancing sweetness

Colour light brown with hints of orange

dried herbs

Damien Laureau Savennieres Le Bel Ouvrage, Loire, France 2016 Champagne balanced finishThis Chenin Blanc, the 2016 Le Bel Ouvrage, is now starting to throw off its youth and develop aging characters of lanolin and earthy notes alongside cooked pineapple. There's clearly been a lot of care put into this wine the delicacy and transparency of the juice is fabulous and although it packs plenty of power and drive, presumably from the schist and rhyolite soils, it does so in an elegant and light footed way. There's no sense of being forced,