(R)TI, 2022

Sauvignon Blanc without the cut-grass shout - wild herbs and flowers, a peachy tint, and nothing in the bottle but grapes.

A Sauvignon Blanc from Catherine Dumora, an Auvergne grower who buys fruit from a friend in the Minervois when her own vineyard loses its crop. It is peach-tinted and a little hazy, smelling of wild flowers and herbs rather than cut grass, with a tight, mineral line and the fruit held back. Made with nothing added, it is a bright, herbal glass to start an evening.