Philippe Delesvaux, Coteaux du Layon Anthologie, 1996 (500ml) 121625OFFER or cellar it for 10–20

or cellar it for 10–20 years—it has the structure and balance to age into something profound

and quiet depth

an ancient Jura ancestor of Chardonnay identifiable by the red stem that develops as grapes ripen

10% Cabernet Sauvignon

Slight sweetness keeps the wine pillowy

Philippe Delesvaux, Coteaux du Layon Anthologie, 1996 (500ml) 121625OFFER or cellar it for 10–20A museum piece sweet wine, and one of only four Anthologie vintages Philippe Delesvaux ever produced. In four decades, the cuve was bottled just four times 1995, 1996, 1997, and 2010 only when botrytis cooperated at the highest possible level. The 1996 is fully botrytized Chenin Blanc from Coteaux du Layon, reaching the kind of sugar concentration (around 530 g L of residual) that puts it in conversation with the great sweet wines of the world. Twenty