Chateau Malescot Saint-Exupery, Margaux, 2009 071425OFFER Forge Cellars was launched in

Forge Cellars was launched in 2011 by Rhône winemaker Louis Barruol (of Château de Saint Cosme in Gigondas) with Finger Lakes pros Justin Boyette and Richard Rainey

coaxing Chenin Blanc from deep clay over tuffeau limestone

With age it starts to resemble mature red Burgundy from Vosne or Nuits-Saint-Georges more than anything you'd expect from central Italy

built around intensely aromatic juniper berries sourced directly from the surrounding mountains

and Bricco Voghera

Chateau Malescot Saint-Exupery, Margaux, 2009 071425OFFER Forge Cellars was launched inMalescot Saint Exupry has been in the Zuger family since 1955, and Jean Luc Zuger has spent decades sharpening this Third Growth Margaux into one of the appellation's most reliable overperformers. The 28 hectares of vines sit on deep gravel soils that share a border with Chteau Margaux itself, and the wine is aged in a high proportion of new French oak, giving it the perfume and density Malescot is known for. 2009 is one of the great Bordeaux vintages