Chinon Rosé - Domaine de PallusFrom the importer: "Messanges is an old Loire Valley name for Cabernet Franc. Bertrand is using this line for a Red and Ros from his younger vines. Vinified for immediate accessibility, they are the perfect introduction to the Pallus style."

and the finish delivers the real goods: deep bitterness-tinged black fruits

Vic's Secret - Floral

apricot jam

and lively ginger notes

50% Carignan

in the 1990s & early 2000s the wine community went through an uneven period where many of their red wines were made with too much new oak & extraction

5% - Citra

biodynamically farmed wines

or paired with a meal

the birthplace of Ginjo sake

planted in the 1950s

Making complex