Domaine Horgelus, Colombard/Sauvignon Blanc, 2022

Domaine Horgelus Colombard Sauvignon Blanc is a refreshing and fun white wine that shows the sunnier side of Sauvignon Blanc, despite it only making up 25% of the blend. In typical Horgelus style, it's full of flavour and jumps from the glass. Citrussy, tropical and an exercise in fruity freshness and zing, this is full of white grapefruit, gooseberries and blackcurrant leaves on the nose and palate. Cracking value, and more grown-up than a lot of New Zealand Sauvignons.

Domaine Horgelus Colombard Sauvignon Blanc is a wine that cannot renounce its origins. An electrifying blend of 75% Colombard and 25% Sauvignon Blanc, it could only be a Côtes De Gascogne white. This is an estate that specialises in wine production rather than making large quantities of Armagnac too and thus they vinify to extract the full fruity flavours. Delicious in the summer but very refreshing in winter too!

Gascogny is renowned throughout France for its gastronomy but until the 1990's, the wines it produced were less than appealing. This estate is a front-runner in the production of fairly simple yet mouth-watering wines that will grace any table and always remain enjoyable be it simply for a mid-week supper or a dinner with friends. Well done Domaine Horgelus and Yoan Le Menn.

Having tasted and tasted in search of great quality Cotes de Gascogne, we were over the moon when we found this at a wine fair in Monpellier. We were both miles from home but this was an encounter to change lives!! Yoan Le Menn has worked wonders both in vineyard and winery and this wine is perhaps the greatest value for money in our catalogue.

Joanna Simon writing in The Sunday Times:

Gorgeous 11.5% Gascon, mostly Colombard with a splash of Sauvignon. Bursting with light, lively, floral apple and white peach stashed fruit plus a zesty tongue-tingling finish.

• ❖ ABV: 13.5%