172. It is a precise and quietly poetic number — the exact count of days between bud break in the spring and leaf fall in the autumn in De Visu’s southern French vineyards. It is the kind of detail that only a producer who watches their vines with genuine attention and care would think to record, let alone celebrate — and it tells you everything you need to know about the philosophy behind this wine. De Visu — “to see with one’s own eyes” — is a producer rooted in observation, precision, and a deep respect for the rhythm of the vineyard and the character of the fruit it produces. Grenache Blanc is one of the South of France’s most beguiling and underappreciated white varieties — a grape that in the right hands produces whites of a richness, aromatic generosity, and textural depth that are quite unlike anything else in the French white wine canon. Where Grenache Noir brings warmth and red fruit to the great blends of the Rhône and Languedoc, Grenache Blanc brings a quite different and deeply appealing character: generous, expressive, and aromatic, with a natural richness and body that gives the wines a lovely weight and presence on the palate. The 2024 is a beautiful expression of the variety: rich and expressive on the nose, with notes of white peach and mango that are immediately and completely captivating, lifted by a touch of lime blossom that adds a lovely freshness and delicacy. On the palate it carries that same generosity and aromatic richness through to a clean, satisfying finish. 172 days of careful, attentive viticulture — and at £12.99, one of the most characterful and rewarding southern French whites in our range.