Fossil Point Chardonnay Edna

as they often do with good mountain wines

a tiny region off of the Loir River

Multi-layered and complex

Domaine de la Chanteleuserie’s Les Alouettes Bourgueil opens with that unmistakable Loire Cab Franc lift — red currant and sour cherry threaded with crushed raspberry

and more growers brought him fruit

It turns to tar and licorice at the finish

The Pascal Biotteau Anjou Rouge is that wine: a red of buoyant energy

citrus peel

offering the estate’s hallmark purity of fruit with even greater depth and precision than usual

It's Bistro-French

angular tannins that give the wine its sinewy shape

in a serious and polished way