preserving freshness and complexity without excessive ripeness or extraction
A rare bottle of Portuguese viticultural heritage
The rosé comes from 16-million-year-old marine soils of the Conca del Riu Anoia
Thomas and Florent (ninth generation) have worked the estate since 2002
Haut-Brion leaned into its gravelly soils and deep cellar know-how to craft a wine of structure
Maison Stephan, Cote-Rotie Coteaux de Tupin, 2023 Morgen Long 2022 Offer preserving freshness and complexity withoutA single parcel Cote Rotie made entirely from Serine, the older, lower yielding strain of Syrah found only around this hillside. Jean Michel and Romain Stephan farm Coteaux de Tupin on the pale granite of the Cote Blonde, working the steep slope by hand and winch, then ferment whole bunch and age twenty four months in old oak with no sulfur added. Serine gives a wine of perfume and tension rather than sheer power, the granite lending lift and a fine,