2024 Domaine de la Grange aux Belles 'La Chaussee Rouge' Loire, Vin de France Deanston and 25-year-old French Cognac barrels

and 25-year-old French Cognac barrels (that come from France with traces of Cognac still remaining in the pores of the wooden staves)

and free run wine is combined with the press fraction then immediately barreled to finish primary and secondary fermentation by nature in 400L barrels

plus some larger and very scenic plots of Bourgogne Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in the Haute-Côte near the winery in Meloisey

2019 Domaine Guillot-Broux Macon Cruzille Clos de la Mollepierre

clay-limestone towards the bottom

2024 Domaine de la Grange aux Belles 'La Chaussee Rouge' Loire, Vin de France Deanston and 25-year-old French Cognac barrelsFrom organically farmed vines on schist and clay heavy soils in the Anjou zone of the Loire, this blend of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Grolleau is fermented whole cluster with about eight days of carbonic maceration and bottled with minimal sulfur