Domaine Saint-Cyr VdF Melo 2023 MARQUE but he'll tell you it's

but he'll tell you it's not for the label or the marketing - it's just the best way to express terroir

A wine that keeps setting up an expectation and then cheerfully declining to meet it

From a protected microclimate at the foot of the Tourtine

A bourbon made with high-rye content

A glorious and classic Lagavulin

Domaine Saint-Cyr VdF Melo 2023 MARQUE but he'll tell you it'sThree grapes, one tank, layered in like a mille feuille. Melo is Raphael Saint Cyr's co ferment of Gamay, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from forty year old vines, stacked in alternating layers in concrete and left to macerate cold and carbonic for a couple of weeks. The white grapes fermenting alongside the red lift the whole thing, and the result is a light, translucent red built entirely for drinking rather than contemplating. It's farmed organically,