Rene Rostaing Languedoc Puech Noble Blanc 2023 052626OFFER with vanilla and baking spice

with vanilla and baking spice picked up from barrel aging

*Delamotte Brut NV* pairs beautifully with seafood

That is a heavy legacy

this is an excellent successor to the much-lauded 2008

Serious wine

Rene Rostaing Languedoc Puech Noble Blanc 2023 052626OFFER with vanilla and baking spiceRen Rostaing built his name on Cte Rtie, where he makes some of the most sought after Syrah in France. Then, in the late 1990s, he and his wife bought a plateau near Nmes covered in rounded galets the same stones you see in Chteauneuf du Pape, but sitting higher and running noticeably cooler. That elevation is the whole point of this white. Grenache Blanc, Rolle and a little Viognier, raised entirely in steel with no oak anywhere near it, so the fruit