Catherine and Pierre Breton Bourgueil 'Les Perrières' 2015

Catherine and Pierre Breton Bourgueil 'Les Perrières' 2015Catherine and Pierre Breton's amazing library releases are not to be missed, though they are nearing the end of their cellar reserves. I have had wines from them with 20 years of age that are some of the most memorable of my lifethe 2002 Beaumont at my wedding was unforgettable for many reasons. 'Les Perrires' is their top wine, from 70 year old vines. Aged in 550L barrique for two years, no filtering or fining. It's a wine that has the fine, sturdy

windy conditions on Santorini but all of those things are infused with a palpable intensity due to the vitality required to survive in the rugged ash

smoky notes

All of his vineyard sites are farmed in the most natural means possible with no herbicides

While Marguet is one of the most 'natural' winemakers in all of Champagne—with a collection of crystals to prove it—his wines don't read as funky

As you can imagine

and pasture

Glinavos' patriarch is Lefteris Glinavos

This Doric White Wine by Giorgos is definitely a mountainous wine as indicated by the presence of local fir trees on the palate and nose as they use the fir branches to help maintain the cap of the fermenting destemmed hand selected grapes for 6 days in open wood fermenters

then fermented two-thirds in stainless steel and one-third in barrique

like blueberry

"but it's important for the vigneron to be happy with what he's doing

Regular pump overs were utilized to keep the fermentation happy