Isabelle et Pierre Clément – La Dame de Châtenoy 2020 – Menetou-Salon

The wine has a pale lemon-yellow color. The nose is a bit reserved, but expresses its complexity after aeration. It reveals slight notes of toast and brioche, brought by aging on lees, a beautiful minerality and tanginess, enveloped in a fresh and ripe fruity bouquet. The wine offers notes of warm brioche, dry yeast (in the background), a fine touch of toasted bread and a delicate milky hint (yogurt), associated with mineral (limestone) and fruity notes (lemon, lime, green apple, lemon zest, grapefruit). On the palate, the wine is straight, savoury, lively and chiselled. It expresses notes of dry yeast, brioche, toast, a slight touch of lemon cream, combined with fruity notes of fresh quince, lime, lemon, grapefruit, as well as slight mineral (limestone) and floral touches (acacia, lime blossom). The finish is long, it expresses more the bitterness of grapefruit and lime, than the yeasty notes, with a sweet touch of grapefruit jam in the background. Nice balance between a delicate roundness, fleshy fruits and a salivating acidity which gives the wine a lot of energy.