Florèz 'Shangra-Li Mendo Savvy-B' 2024 no-wrapin

Florèz 'Shangra-Li Mendo Savvy-B' 2024 no-wrapinThe grapes for this beautiful wine from James Jelks of Florz come from 50+ year old vines in Redwood Valley, Mendocino, lovingly farmed by the Upton family, who have maintained organic certification for this vineyard since 1990. Once harvested, the grapes were brought down to Florz' facility in Santa Cruz, where they were destemmed and left to rest on skins overnight. The majority of the wine was fermented in stainless steel to maintain aromatics and

an unbeatable depth of knowledge

The shape is a subtle reference to the kokeshi doll

currently the most senior natural winemaker in his home village of Brouilly (And his grandfather Petrus quite literally founded the appellation)

Podere Orto lies on Lazio’s high plains

Fresh baby ginger is cut by hand

elevated with subtle notes of citrus peel and aromatic spices

Claude Courtois and son Etienne

lending it this amazing

or Seckel Pears Poached in Red Wine with Burnt Caramel

they figure they'll get inexpensive

vibrant Barbera

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