1996 Chateau de Fargues Sauternes Lur Saluces, Sauternes, BordeauxABOUT THIS WINE The first wave of picking began on the 8th of September. Up until the 12th, pickers harvested superb, concentrated grapes, although they needed to discard some bunches with dreaded sour rot caused by fruit flies. On the 21st of September, another wave of picking was attempted, but without success. It was thus necessary to wait Thankfully, the sunshine quickly returned, as did very mild temperatures. Noble rot then picked up again

the wines themselves can sometimes be a little reduced

Anna farms mainly old-vine Carinyena with a small amount of Lledonner which producer dense and powerful wines

embracing incredible contemporary art and taking in the vistas

stability is critical

Arianna is the niece of Giusto Occhpinti

and Ste-Agnès

IGP Agenais was established in 2011 to capture the typicity of the wines from the Lot-et-Garonne area of Southwest France

Willi has converted some (17ha in total) of his vineyards to the Lyre training system

Barolo as we know it today was first made in the early 19th century by the Marchese Carlo Tancredi Falletti di Barolo and his wife

France)A beautifully expressive Chenin Blanc from one of Chinon’s historic estates

on vineyards throughout Napa and Sonoma

The fruit is harvested from 60+ year old vines