Violin Chardonnay Sojeau 2022 (750ml) Coteaux du LayonSalty, briny impact up front, leading to ripe melon, honeysuckle, orange peel, and a thread of kiwi green fruit with a confectionary edge. Beautiful complexity, with wonderful lift and aromatic perfume lending a white peach, pollen, and lemon oil savoriness. The attack is well rounded, creamy in the front, with pear, golden apple, and a dense, chewy mid palate. The lower alcohol leaves a more weightless, flightly sense toward the back, showing in only
On the nose it is vibrant and very complex
2% alcohol
The 2017 Syrah Duvarita Vineyard is deep
more richness and
taut and architectural
Well this is it
Half of the wine fermented and matured in barrel and the other half in stainless steel
Founded in 2021 by Chris Butler and Draga Zheleva
totaling 46 hectares (114 acres) under vine
we also relied on grapes grown on the foot-slopes to achieve the texture and grip we desired
they took note of what other vintners had done in the valley—much of it homages to past eras and foreign wine cultures
baking spice character that develops with time in the glass
