stony soils in a warm pocket shielded from the Mistral wind—low yields yielding concentrated character
Guy Bocard has spent nearly five decades crafting finely balanced white Burgundies from his quiet home in Meursault
Their 2022 Bourgogne Pinot Noir showcases whole-cluster fermentation with indigenous yeasts and 10-month aging in barrel
with vines planted on the region's famous deep gravels
high in the Lattari Mountains above the Amalfi Coast
Clos Lapeyre Jurancon La Magendia 2021 (375ml) CS20230713 stony soils in a warmLa Magendia means "the best" in the local Barnais dialect, and the name fits. This is Clos Lapeyre's flagship sweet Juranon, 100% Petit Manseng, made from grapes that hang on the vine into late autumn (sometimes into December) until they shrivel and concentrate naturally on the vine. No noble rot, no chaptalization just sun, time, and patient picking. The Larrieu family ferments and ages in barrel, and the wine that emerges is honeyed and exotic on