A&E Verset Cornas 2023 NO20231101 savory take on Cabernet Franc

savory take on Cabernet Franc from right on the Italian border

Centerba 72 has become the archetypal liqueur of the Abruzzi herbal liqueur tradition

Barrel #15217

The fourth collaboration between Lagavulin and actor/woodworker Nick Offerman

The palate is taut yet deep and resonant

A&E Verset Cornas 2023 NO20231101 savory take on Cabernet FrancCornas from a sixth generation vigneronne carrying one of the appellation's most legendary names into a new era. Emmanuelle Verset is one of only two women running a domaine in Cornas, and she farms inherited plots of ancient vines in storied sites like Champelrose, Les Mazards, and Reynard, with an average vine age around 60 years and some over a century old. The granite hillsides here, baked by Northern Rhone sun, give Syrah extraordinary intensity,