Jeanne Marie Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 (750ml) Pinot Auxerrois

Jeanne Marie Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 (750ml) Pinot AuxerroisSource: 85% Paso Robles, 15% Central Coast Blend: 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot Winemaking: 50% stainless steel, 50% neutral oak barrels Aging: 10 months in neutral oak barrels Alcohol: 13% Tasting Note: Medium bodied with notes of black currant, stewed plum and blackberry flavors and a hint of mint. Notes of smoke and forest floor emerge on the long, layered finish.

with a solid core of dark berries and bitter chocolate

You can't really blame us for getting excited about Etna wines when we keep on seeing wines of this quality and interest - time and time again - coming from those volcanic slopes

with limestone (tufa) soil

This is not quite as structured out of the blocks as the Ployez-Jacquemart Brut NV

oak and herbs

Good acidity is well proportioned to the generous body and allows extended cellaring

and the wine from an estate called La Staffa stuck out: it was vibrant

A beautiful red as a young wine

situated on the right bank of the Layon river near the village of Beaulieu-sur-Layon

in mid August

Blancjat is produced as a natural wine in a manor founded more than 400 years ago

savory meaty notes paired with dried flowers