2023 La Porte Saint-Jean Saumur-Champigny, Loire, France Julie & Toby Bainbridge chalky tension

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then vapor-distilled with 11 botanicals: citrus peel

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2018 Domaine Charles Audoin Bourgogne Pinot Noir

100% Palomino aged under flor for an average of 5 years • The Solera of this Fino consists of 143 casks which are aged in José Luis González Obregón’s bodegas in El Puerto de Santa María • Pale straw in color and laced with fresh aromatics of oyster shells and sourdough starter • A crisp

2023 La Porte Saint-Jean Saumur-Champigny, Loire, France Julie & Toby Bainbridge chalky tensionLike Sylvain Dittiere's single vineyard reds, his Saumur Champigny is destemmed and fermented using native yeasts in fiberglass tank. After 6 weeks of maceration, the free run (2 3) and press wine (1 3) is fed into used Bordeaux type barrels, where it ages for 18 months before blending and bottling.