L'Alezan 'Resilience' 2022 Country|England

L'Alezan 'Resilience' 2022 Country|EnglandMuscular Northern Rhne style Syrah from the Bonnetons prized vineyard, where vines planted as far back as the 1940s cling to steep, south facing terraces that look down to the river Doux, one of the Rhnes western tributaries. The very oldest vines here are specifically Srine, a thick skinned, tightly clustered clone of Syrah that is principally associated with nearby Cte Rtie. The soils here are the same decomposed granite (referred to locally as

The grapes come from the Gard

the driest category for sparkling wine meaning no sugar remains

Made with 100% Saperavi

this is a vivid

a grape who's name literally translates to ‘to colour with’ or ‘dye’

Another year means another exciting new cuvée from Jérôme

slightly vegetal character here that makes it a must with salumi and the rich

it is all red cherry

underpinned by a distinct olive-briney note and bloody minerality that ties the wine together

tightly-clustered clone of Syrah that is principally associated with nearby Côte-Rôtie

and much like that wine

trapping the bubbles as they form