Les Justices 'Juste' Saumur Blanc 2022 Gifts

Les Justices 'Juste' Saumur Blanc 2022 GiftsHand harvest, slow ferments, long less aging, gentle extractions: everything about the way Les Justices make their Loire Valley wines is striking to us, and they always bottle wines that are delicate and clear. This bottling of Chenin Blanc vines that were planted in the 1970's is no exception: deeply fresh, with beautiful mineral expression and texture, this is no flimsy Loire white, but rather, one for meditation. We love their work.

but avoiding the intense pine notes of a London dry like Beefeater

convivial golden hour

Small and nimble

lightly crushed

A super fun swap-out for Aperol in a spritz

though there is no juniper here

caramel and nutmeg

Foradori is a master of the amphora-raised style of wine in alpine Italy

Pierre Arnold's light-bodied

but the grape is historically understood as cold-climate

IACP AWARD FINALIST - "Missy Robbins brings her extraordinary knowledge and generous heart to teach us to prepare the pastas that made her restaurants

but do it California style