Franco's rosso represents his natural wine approach applied to Sicilian reds
If you love a high-acid white that hasn't been done a thousand times before
Pierre Ferrand’s 1840 Original Formula is crafted in Cognac’s Grande Champagne from Ugni Blanc grown on chalky soils
and in a wine like this the fruit is delicate while the site's structure does the talking
The Tradition designation (as opposed to single-vineyard or special selections) allows access to the estate's winemaking techniques at an approachable level
Chateau Doisy Daene, Sauternes, 2005 (375ml) so081122 summer white wine sale Franco's rosso represents his natural2005 handed Barsac one of its great modern botrytis vintages: a drought summer, then just enough rain in early September to set clean noble rot, followed by weeks of morning fog and afternoon sun. Doisy Daene is a Second Growth of Barsac, the cooler limestone enclave inside Sauternes, and has been in the Dubourdieu family since 1924, a name synonymous with brilliant white winemaking in Bordeaux. This is the classic sweet bottling, a Semillon led blend