Zéro Degré Blanc

The wine

Lemon leaves almost as soon as it arrives. The close is short and clean, and the rest of the wine is scaled to that: light, crisp, dry-leaning, citrusy.

Green apple and lemon are the smell. A faint floral note sits behind them and never turns into perfume. There is not much else. It is a small nose, and it matches what you taste.

Light in the mouth. Crisp rather than round. Dry-leaning, so the fruit stays tart. No sweet middle and no extra weight. The texture is lean, specific enough to read as a simple white because the lemon stays lemon.

Well chilled, a second sip repeats the first. Green apple, lemon, a trace of flowers, then a lemony end that does not hang on. Correct, tidy, and thin. The floral trace is the only softness. Drink it when a light dry white is enough, and do not ask it for length. The apple is recognizable, the lemon is clean, and then the glass is finished. A faint floral trace is the only softness in an otherwise crisp, citrusy sip. Green apple, lemon, dry-leaning, crisp, and faintly floral, and then it is over.