Domaine de la Garrelière Touraine Sauvignon Blanc Cendrillon 2023
Domaine de la Garrelière
This biodynamic Sauvignon Blanc from the southern Loire offers a study in transparency. François Plouzeau's estate, certified biodynamic since 2006, produces wines that taste like the soil they come from. The Cendrillon bottling is all tension and minerality—Sauvignon Blanc stripped to its essentials, with nothing to hide and nothing wasted.
Nose
Bright gooseberry and green apple open the nose, followed by cut grass and a touch of white floral. A flinty minerality runs beneath, giving the aromatics a sense of precision.
Palate
Crisp and lean with vibrant acidity. Citrus and gooseberry dominate, supported by a green herbal note and a faint chalky texture on the mid-palate. The biodynamic farming reads as purity—nothing extraneous, nothing masked.
Finish
Clean and brisk, with lingering citrus and a mineral snap. Refreshing and precise.
- Varietal
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Blend
- 100% Sauvignon Blanc
- Vineyards
- Estate vineyards in Razines, silex and clay soils
- Alcohol
- 12.5%
- Organic / Biodynamic
- No
- Skin Contact
- No
Food Pairing
Fresh chèvre with garden herbs and radishes
François Plouzeau has farmed his family's estate in Razines, Touraine, biodynamically since 2006, coaxing wines of startling minerality and purity from Sauvignon Blanc vines grown on silex and clay soils above the Vienne River.
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