Michel Langlois Les Charmes 2023 (750ml) Irpinia

Michel Langlois Les Charmes 2023 (750ml) IrpiniaAs fine a Sancerre styled French Sauvignon as we've tasted in years in the sub $25 price category. Its from the Coteaux du Giennois, a patch of chalky limestone just north of Pouilly Fume and Sancerre. And all that limestone is evident in this wine, a brilliant mouthful of zesty lime, green peach, fresh cut grass and salty, stony, chalky, gun flinty, bite. If you've been longing for pre climate change Sancerre or just want an upgrade from "regular"

citrus with underlying minerality

dark stone and tar notions flash momentarily at the first sniff of this wine

Kremstal is a transitional region between the loess soils of Kamptal and the stone terraces of Wachau and the character of its wines depends greatly on vineyard location

Bottled in May 2020

Analytical features

There are more blue than black fruits here

It is elegant and balanced on the palate

95Decanter A study in refinement and elegance

91-93 At this early stage

Temperature: 18 - 20° C

candied fruit

with touches of white pepper