Bellevue (Jerome Bretaudeau), VdF Blanc "Theia", 2023 no20230524 more textured side of Le

more textured side of Le Mesnil while staying taut and precise

and the calcareous marl and clay soils of Gabutti give this Nebbiolo its intensity and depth

A traditional Jalisco reposado: the oak rounds off the edges without burying the cooked-agave character underneath

and the first bodega to bottle and sell Manzanilla en rama

and gentle funk

Bellevue (Jerome Bretaudeau), VdF Blanc "Theia", 2023 no20230524 more textured side of LeJerome Bretaudeau has become one of Muscadet's cult figures, and Theia is a fine argument for why. It's Melon de Bourgogne grown on gabbro, the dark volcanic bedrock that gives this corner of the Loire its stony backbone, from vines planted in 1988 in Getigny. Bretaudeau farms organically and biodynamically, ferments on native yeasts, and raises the wine for eight months on the lees in concrete vats and foudres, bottling it without fining or