Clos Fantine 'Fantaisie' 2021 Gifts

Clos Fantine 'Fantaisie' 2021 GiftsAn exceptionally rare white wine from the siblings at Clos Fantine in Faugres. Wild, Mediterranean climate with schist and calcareous clay soils, in addition to old vines trained in the ancient Roman gobelet style: all of these combine with the many local white varieties the Andrieu family makes into this ephemeral cuve (it isn't produced every year). Carignan Blanc and Carignan Gris, Grenache Blanc and Grenache Gris, Picpoul, and Muscat Petit Grains.

Perfect white wine for cheesy baked items or roasted vegetables

no fancy styling

freshly cut grass and hyacinth

--and unfussy recipes

joyful wines we know in the area—and this pale rosé is the real deal

Elijah Craig is a classic

thirst-quenching

and Garlic--Robbins provides all the inspiration

or to fold and use as a coaster

From Steve Selin at South Hill in the Finger Lakes — based on a blend of New York heirloom apples and Bittersweets

dry-farmed Carignan vines from Hawkeye Ranch

This Venetian sparkler from Da Mar is a textbook example of why people love Prosecco: light