Chateau Laulerie Bergerac Blanc 2023 750ml Simonsberg-Paarl and distilled five times through

and distilled five times through a continuous column still — a process that yields an exceptionally clean

A blend of 2–3 vintages aged 4–5 years in old 550-liter horizontal pipas — the traditional Douro cask where controlled oxidation builds slowly through thin staves — it shows nuttiness

PAIRING: Salads

where temperature cycling runs gentler than the attic heat that drives the single barrel program

Neat with a few drops of water room-temperature water opens the heather and citrus — the distillery's own recommended serve Single large ice cube gradual dilution brings the smoke forward as the fruit recedes

Chateau Laulerie Bergerac Blanc 2023 750ml Simonsberg-Paarl and distilled five times throughFRANCE : SOUTHWEST FRANCE : BERGERAC SUSTAINABLE : Sauvignon Blanc, Smillon MED BODIED, GRAPEFRUIT, GOOSEBERRY, STONE FRUIT, HERBAL, NO OAK Chateau Laulerie is a Dubard family estate in Bergerac Bordeaux's eastern neighbor on the Dordogne, where the same Sauvignon Blanc and Smillon grow on calcareous hillsides at a fraction of the Bordeaux price. The second generation now runs the operation; certified sustainable farming throughout. This is a 50 50