Christian Venier - Les Hauts de Madon 2022 (750ml) Petit Verdot

Christian Venier - Les Hauts de Madon 2022 (750ml) Petit VerdotChristian Venier is located in the eastern Touraine, in Cheverny where he refined his natural winemaking skills working with his cousin Thierry & Jean Marie Puzelat of Clos du Tue Boeuf. After spending seasons assisting with harvests, he produced his first vintage in the mid 90s. He kept to his philosophy of making wine naturally, remaining a farmer akin to his ancestors by organically farming his approximately 6 hectares of vineyards. This wine is

"Gamay Blanc" is thrown around in the Jura as an alternative name for Chardonnay that appealed to him and his Beaujolais background

and you will not be disappointed

Deep cherry-red hue

with little affect on quality

cream-textured white

Juan Antonio Ponce worked as the right-hand man to Telmo Rodriguez at Cia de Vinos Telmo Rodrigues for 5 years

A quintessential Paso Robles red blend: complex

5 miles) from San Rafael

the wine is aged in 1-to-3-year old barrels with a small proportion (1/4) of new oak for one year

Pharmacist-turned-winemaker Paolo Cali has grows his grapes in fields of Sicilian sand

fruit driven style

pink peppercorns and vanilla