Arnaud Lambert Saumur Blanc Les Parcelles 2023 PET-NAT George Dickel Rye is made

George Dickel Rye is made from 95% rye and 5% malted barley

The profile is classic: bitter orange

persistent bead

but is well balanced with notes of Meyer lemon meringue and white pepper

This modern approach to pilsner is hopped as generously as an American IPA

Arnaud Lambert Saumur Blanc Les Parcelles 2023 PET-NAT George Dickel Rye is madeThis is the easiest way into Arnaud Lambert's range, and it is no shortcut wine: roughly 85% comes from young vines in his top crus at Breze and Saint Cyr en Bourg, with the balance from Chenin Blanc grown outside Saumur. Everything sits on the tuffeau limestone bedrock that made Breze famous, under varying topsoils of clay and sand. Lambert farms more than 40 hectares organically across three communes, and the winemaking here is deliberately