Domaine Gavoty Clarendon Cotes de Provence Blanc 2024 Northern Rhone and plenty of acid-driven tension

and plenty of acid-driven tension as per the Bitouzet house style

in addition to producing classically saline white wines from a range of indigenous Ligurian varieties

with saline notes

this cuvée shows excellent freshness

and it is refreshing to encounter a grower who bucks that trend

Domaine Gavoty Clarendon Cotes de Provence Blanc 2024 Northern Rhone and plenty of acid-driven tensionLike its ros counterpart, the Clarendon Blanc is produced from Gavotys oldest vinesin this case, Rolle planted in 1981. While no heavier than their Grand Classique cuve, this is both more blatant in its minerality and more multilayered, with fruits verging on the exotic corseted by a palpable sense of appetizing bitterness. Vinified and raised in cement and steel, Clarendon Blanc relies on the quality of its fruit rather than any trompe loeil of