Domaine Saint-Cyr VdF Melo 2023 core-no-restrictions A richer and less bitter

A richer and less bitter Aperitivo made across the Bay in Alameda

A maceration of more than twenty different botanicals including orange peel

creating a more intense

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Domaine Saint-Cyr VdF Melo 2023 core-no-restrictions A richer and less bitterThree grapes, one tank, layered in like a mille feuille. Melo is Raphael Saint Cyr's co ferment of Gamay, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from forty year old vines, stacked in alternating layers in concrete and left to macerate cold and carbonic for a couple of weeks. The white grapes fermenting alongside the red lift the whole thing, and the result is a light, translucent red built entirely for drinking rather than contemplating. It's farmed organically,