Domaine Guiberteau Saumur Blanc Breze 2016

Reduction on the nose and palate but there is such lovely material here with voluminous flavors of lemon/lime and briny minerals. The finish is complex and rich with a stinging intensity that reminds me of a young Laflaive. Clearly needs some time or lots of air but this is a very fine wine in the making. 

The white wines are pure, limpid, minerally and bracing, softening with time, but always showing a delicate Chenin ripeness, not the questionable sour-fruit some domaines offer, and not the wood-tarted version available at some addresses. The reds are cool, fresh and classically Saumur in all they possess...Now is the time to buy Romain's wines, while they offer not just great drinking pleasure, but also relative value.