Domaine Labet Cotes du Jura Blanc Cuvee du Hasard N°2 2018 CS20230929 where four partners restored a

where four partners restored a village cooperative that had sat shuttered for over a decade

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Sparkling Riesling from a great producer in Rheingau

The wine sees fermentation and aging entirely in concrete — no oak — which keeps the fruit pure and the texture supple

Magdalener is one of the great northern Italian secrets

Domaine Labet Cotes du Jura Blanc Cuvee du Hasard N°2 2018 CS20230929 where four partners restored aThe name means "cuvee of chance," and that's exactly the spirit here. At Domaine Labet, the Rotalier based family that helped rewrite the rules for modern Jura whites, this Chardonnay gets the old school treatment: aged roughly six years in old barrels under a veil of yeast (the N2 is the extra long sous voile bottling) (the same flor that gives Vin Jaune its magic), without topping up the barrels. The result is a white that trades freshness for