Cellier Saint Benoit Arbois Pupillin Courbes Raies Chardonnay 2022 bests liquorice and blackberry scents are

liquorice and blackberry scents are interwoven with vanillin cedar

With a minerally elegant structure and light in alcohol

long-term commitment to biodynamics pays off

and typical Madeiran buzzing acid relief

free and press wines are separated for aging

Cellier Saint Benoit Arbois Pupillin Courbes Raies Chardonnay 2022 bests liquorice and blackberry scents areThe Chardonnay is just as outstanding as the Pinot Noir from the same vineyard. The vines are a touch youngerplanted in 1990and deliver a striking wine of intensity, texture and tension. Where the impact of the richer clays influences Benjamins wines from La Marcette and Viandris, the Courbes Raies vines sit on a band of Triassic limestone littered with fossils of ancient gryphe molluscs. There is also more sand in the clay here. To emphasise the