Somlói Vandor makes tiny batches of wine from the volcanic slopes of Somló
Craig spent 32 years at Joseph Phelps Vineyards (1976-2008)
the eighth generation—Claude-Emmanuel and Louis-Benoit—now runs the certified organic estate
Carbonnieux is one of Bordeaux's oldest estates and a Grand Cru Classé de Graves
citrus peel and a touch of clove
Domaine Andre et Mireille Tissot (Benedicte et Stephane Tissot), Arbois Chardonnay 'Les Graviers', 2023 SO092325 Eudes Somlói Vandor makes tiny batchesIf 'Les Bruyeres' is the muscle of Tissot's Arbois range, 'Les Graviers' is the finesse. The name means gravel, and this single vineyard's gravel over limestone soils make it the most Burgundian bottling of the bunch, all citrus and cool, savory tension rather than weight. Like every Chardonnay here it's made ouille, topped up in barrel to stay precise and non oxidative, farmed biodynamically by Stephane Tissot, whose parcel by parcel obsession has