Exotic nose with notes of mango, honey and spices. Ample, almost mellow, mouthfeel, balanced on the edge by a slight sparkle of acidity. Spicy yet smooth finish.
With a tight core of saline terroir enveloped within ripe medium bodied fruit, this Chenin Blanc delivers a focused example of Thibaud’s style of ripe fruit matched with elegance and precision.
The bouquet still shows plenty of lovely fruit, albeit, beginning its retreat, but still offering up scents of apple, quince, fresh lime, a fine base of soil tones, citrus peel, dried flowers and incipient notes of beeswax. On... Read More