2023 Nicolas Jacob L'Etoile La-bas Chardonnay Jura, France Birdhorse cucumber and wild fennel

cucumber and wild fennel

2019 Succes Vinicola 'La Cuca de Llum' Conca de Barbera

Light amber in color

press and bottle this wine at earlier moments in its evolution than Áine and while it may lack the resonance of that wine it more than makes up for it with charm

2023 Nicolas Jacob L'Etoile La-bas Chardonnay Jura, France Birdhorse cucumber and wild fennelBiodynamic. 100% Chardonnay from a single vineyard parcel in LEtoile; liassic marl soils (limestone w lots of fossils & paper shale). Barrel fermented in a mix of demi muids and Burgundy barrels, aged in same vessels for 18 24 months, depending on barrel. Unfined unfiltered, zero SO2. 1 btl max.