2023 Kobayashi Syrah, Washington, USA LC 2025 June and Lignier’s rendering of this

and Lignier’s rendering of this cru seems to capture this complexity in its endlessly layered mineral core

Pinot Noir and Aligote

where the grass is kept high

this offers an infectious combination of complexity and directness

2019 Alain Passot Domaine de la Grosse Pierre Chiroubles

2023 Kobayashi Syrah, Washington, USA LC 2025 June and Lignier’s rendering of this97% Syrah, 3% Viognier from WeatherEye Vineyard, located at the top of Red Mountain in eastern Yakima Valley. The Rhone varieties Travis and Mario source from WeatherEye are ungrafted, single stake trained, and planted at high density on rocky, fractured basalt soils. The wine was whole cluster fermented with ambient yeasts, and matured for 22 months in French oak (25% new) before bottling, unfined and unfiltered.