Jolie-Laide, Syrah North Coast, 2018 Levet and Gerard 2021 Cote Roties this is Saint-Estèphe at its

this is Saint-Estèphe at its finest value—a wine of high class and aging potential

current owner and winemaker

Rio Sordo brings a textural plushness that makes it drinkable earlier than some of its siblings

has long been a quietly excellent Volnay specialist — gentle extraction

From a Finger Lakes benchmark producer

Jolie-Laide, Syrah North Coast, 2018 Levet and Gerard 2021 Cote Roties this is Saint-Estèphe at itsJolie Laide is the passion project of Scott Schultz, who trained at cult California cellars like Pax's Wind Gap and Arnot Roberts before launching his own Sonoma label with partner Jenny. The thread running through everything is cool climate sites, old world grapes and a gentle hand: whole cluster fruit, foot crushing, native yeast ferments, neutral oak and minimal sulfur, with a different artist's label each vintage to mark the ephemerality of cool