Domaine de la Loue, Cuvée Raphaelle 2022 Champagne Grape: Savagnin Rose

Grape: Savagnin Rose

We're smoking Vogues

A short maceration teases out perfume from the skins without piling on overt texture or grip

but you'd never be able to tell

One for the fridge

Domaine de la Loue, Cuvée Raphaelle 2022 Champagne Grape: Savagnin RosePlace: Jura, France Grape: Savagnin Vibe: Salty Serious skinsy business. Slowly but surely, Ive become fully converted to macerations of Savagnin. Those exotic yellow fruits get dialled right up, and the texture goes all lovely and pithy. Marmalade and burnt sugar bitters dance beautifully on the back palate, while a streak of salinity runs straight through. A whisper of VA just lifts everything perfectly. Dangerous on its own, but the gastronomic