Jerome Bretaudeau Domaine de Bellevue Pinot Noir Statera 2023 CS20230731 a key figure in the

a key figure in the Temperance Movement

Le Comte de Malartic (formerly La Réserve de Malartic) is drawn from the same 73-hectare estate in Léognan and made with the same care as the grand vin

Equal parts Mencía and Caíño Tinto from Salnés Valley

banana and honey

and breezes from both central Italy and the Tyrrhenian coast

Jerome Bretaudeau Domaine de Bellevue Pinot Noir Statera 2023 CS20230731 a key figure in thePinot Noir in Muscadet sounds like a fever dream, but Jerome Bretaudeau plants it on granite and pink and white quartz and the results are stunning. Statera (Latin for balance) is delicate, perfumed, and silky, with the texture of fine Burgundy filtered through a distinctly Loire prism. Biodynamic farming, indigenous yeast fermentation, aging in barrel with minimal sulfur, no fining or filtration. Production is tiny and the wine is in serious demand