Jerome Bretaudeau Domaine de Bellevue Ornate 2022 100925OFFER and prickling with notes of

and prickling with notes of fresh grapefruit rind and cherry blossom

Les Vignes Blanches comes from very old

With six years on it now

and his 'A' Merlot comes off his own plantings

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Jerome Bretaudeau Domaine de Bellevue Ornate 2022 100925OFFER and prickling with notes ofYes, this is Merlot from Muscadet country. Jerome Bretaudeau's Ornate is a wonderful provocation 100% Merlot grown on sloped granite with white and pink quartz around Getigne, a stone's throw from the Atlantic. Farmed biodynamically and aged in foudre, then bottled unfined and unfiltered with minimal sulfur. Don't expect a Bordeaux clone: this is a cool climate, ocean influenced Merlot, lithe and savory rather than plush, with the energy and salinity