Clos de l’Écotard’s Le Clos 2019 is a dry Chenin Blanc from Saumur in the central Loire Valley
revealing its complexity and depth
Berkley — Taylor Berkley Boydstun's tightly focused Loire-inspired label — gets a small allocation and treats it with a deliberate hand: native-yeast fermentation
This Champagne pairs wonderfully with seafood such as scallops
wine-first lens
Ambrositsch, Rakete Roter Gemischter Satz, 2024 NO20231206 Clos de l’Écotard’s Le ClosThis is a RED Gemischter Satz, a Viennese field blend of grapes co planted and co fermented together, and it is pure fun in a glass. Jutta Ambrositsch, one of Vienna's leading natural growers, makes it from a handful of rows planted in the 1980s: Zweigelt, Sankt Laurent, Blauburger, Merlot, and a few white grapes tossed in. It is whole cluster, bottled unfined and unfiltered, and comes across bright, juicy, and lightly cloudy. Give the bottle a gentle