2023 Domaine Des Baumard Coteaux du Layon Carte d'Or

This blended entry-level Coteaux du Layon takes fruit from a number of Baumard parcels. It opens with charming and leafy white fruits on the nose, white peach touched with a little caramel and crushed chalk. It feels beautifully textured at the start of the palate, fresh and pure, with white pebbles, white freesia and white peach, all with a sweetly honeyed polished to it. It shows harmony through to the finish, and has good length too. A quite charming style which would be delicious with a fruit-based dessert. Florent tells me he doesn’t remember the residual sugar but thinks it is between 90 and 100 g/l. The alcohol on the label is 12%.