Marine Descombe Fleurie 2023 0426JACKSON A Highland single malt distilled

A Highland single malt distilled inside a converted Victorian cotton mill built in 1785

so this is generous now and poised enough to reward a few years in the cellar

just west of Givry

papaya and salted pistachio

There’s nothing sinister about it

Marine Descombe Fleurie 2023 0426JACKSON A Highland single malt distilledOf the ten Beaujolais crus, Fleurie has long been the most romanticized granite, pink tinged soils, and a knack for producing Gamay with the silk and perfume of fine Burgundy. Marine Descombe's take leans into that florality. The 2023 is supple and aromatic, all violets and crushed raspberry, with the kind of weightless, perfumed lift that Fleurie does better than anywhere else. A reminder that this woman, who became the first female winemaker on