Jerome Bretaudeau Domaine de Bellevue Ornate 2022 100925OFFER bottled unfined and unfiltered with

bottled unfined and unfiltered with a barely-there dosage

On the nose intense red fruit aromas dominate

With six years on it now

and his 'A' Merlot comes off his own plantings

68-hectare

Jerome Bretaudeau Domaine de Bellevue Ornate 2022 100925OFFER bottled unfined and unfiltered withYes, this is Merlot from Muscadet country. Jerome Bretaudeau's Ornate is a wonderful provocation 100% Merlot grown on sloped granite with white and pink quartz around Getigne, a stone's throw from the Atlantic. Farmed biodynamically and aged in foudre, then bottled unfined and unfiltered with minimal sulfur. Don't expect a Bordeaux clone: this is a cool climate, ocean influenced Merlot, lithe and savory rather than plush, with the energy and salinity