Clos du Tue-Boeuf, VDF "La Guerrerie" (Cot/Gamay), 2023 so120823 girard bonnet champagne offer electric style

electric style

Native-yeast fermentation in French oak tempers the wine without overwhelming it

While expressive now with decanting

a grape that's tricky to ripen without going heavy

Clos du Tue-Boeuf, VDF "La Guerrerie" (Cot/Gamay), 2023 so120823 girard bonnet champagne offer electric styleClos du Tue Boeuf sat at the very heart of the natural wine movement in 1990s Paris, and Thierry Puzelat who now runs the estate with his daughter Zo remains one of the Loire's great low intervention pioneers. "La Guerrerie" is a Touraine field of old vines, mostly Ct (Malbec) with a little Gamay, farmed organically on clay and flint. Made naturally with native ferments and minimal sulfur, it's all dark berry, violets and earthy spice, with a juicy,