Domaine Michel Thomas et Fils, Caillottes 2023 – Sancerre

(Aged in amphorae) The wine has a pale lemon yellow color. The nose offers concentration, a fleshy fruit side and a certain density. It expresses notes of passion fruit, crushed yellow lemon, candied yellow lemon, pineapple, orange zest, as well as juicy stone fruit (yellow peach, apricot) and crisp yellow apple. We also find sweet aromas of apple blossom, acacia, wild white flowers, as well as linden honey in the background. After aeration, the nose also expresses a mineral, limestone and smoky touch. The palate is juicy, concentrated and sapid, with a silky texture and a gourmet attack on notes of yellow peach and apricot. It then expresses flavors of ripe yellow lemon, candied yellow lemon, candied grapefruit, a hint of orange, crushed yellow apple and fresh quince. As it develops, the wine also expresses notes of white flowers (acacia, apple blossom, wildflowers), linden honey, a good bitterness of grapefruit jam, as well as a mineral framework (limestone, slightly smoky). The finish is persistent, sapid and expressive (especially with a bitter touch of grapefruit). A refined and concentrated wine.