Nicolas Jacob Macvin ‘Vin de Liqueur’ NVRegion: Jura, France Appellation: Jura Color Style: Vin de Liqueur Grapes: Chardonnay The base distillate for Jacobs macvin is a 2016 marc du Jura; it was blended in 2020 with Nicolas musts of Chardonnay from that year. The blend was then aged three more years in barrels before being bottled; this is the first release of macvin from Jacobs domaine, as its not a product he makes every year or even particularly often! Notes of lightly golden yellow

basalt and quartz

France Appellation: Volnay Type/Style: Red Wine Grapes: Pinot Noir

Grapes: Savagnin

Region: Victoria

"The 2021 Syrah Winds of Change is fabulous

This foot-slope vineyard faces the Danube to the north and is a classical river-bed soil of gravel with deposits of paragneiss and a rich topsoil of humus and loess

Appelation: Savoie

This needs more encouragement on the nose compared to the Morgons

seamless tannins and great grip and focus on the very

or to a Barolo where it’s like putting a ballerina in the ring with a boxer

” What can we say

Healthy grapes means less SO2 and this hovers around 43mg