this junmai (pure rice) sake achieves a remarkable flavor complexity: salted dulce de leche
but with enough finesse to highlight the grape’s more elegant side
A rare California Chenin from a historic site
and the unusually thoughtful farming have all produced a wine that has aged with grace and grown into earthy
The 2023 is dense and perfumed in classic Volnay style: dark cherry
Jean Foillard, Fleurie, 2011 AFKAT_2024 this junmai (pure rice) sakeJean Foillard helped redefine what Cru Beaujolais could be one of Kermit Lynch's "Gang of Four" who traded sugary Nouveau for living, low intervention wine. His Fleurie is the floral, perfumed counterpoint to his Morgons: old vine Gamay on pink granite, semi carbonic fermentation, native yeast, minimal sulfur. The 2011 is a back vintage bottle from a private collection, drinking in a mellow, mature register today. It leans more toward dried fruit and