Domaine Gavoty Clarendon Cotes de Provence Blanc 2024 Northern Rhone a variety whose relatively neutral

a variety whose relatively neutral fruit character allows for a powerful articulation of calcareous minerality

with saline notes

Handpicked at peak maturity

Xavier has produced a single-vineyard Côte-Rôtie from Le Mollard—the site in which the majority of the domaine’s holdings in the appellation are planted

and it is refreshing to encounter a grower who bucks that trend

Domaine Gavoty Clarendon Cotes de Provence Blanc 2024 Northern Rhone a variety whose relatively neutralLike its ros counterpart, the Clarendon Blanc is produced from Gavotys oldest vinesin this case, Rolle planted in 1981. While no heavier than their Grand Classique cuve, this is both more blatant in its minerality and more multilayered, with fruits verging on the exotic corseted by a palpable sense of appetizing bitterness. Vinified and raised in cement and steel, Clarendon Blanc relies on the quality of its fruit rather than any trompe loeil of