Damien Laureau Savennieres Le Bel Ouvrage, Loire, France 2016 Champagne Available in 2023

Available in 2023

balanced finish

Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

and zero dosage

On the palate it is very elegant

Damien Laureau Savennieres Le Bel Ouvrage, Loire, France 2016 Champagne Available in 2023This 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,