2021 Domaine Chandon de Briailles Corton Clos du Roi Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France Shelter This was pressed straight to

This was pressed straight to barrel and spent eighteen months in élevage

Planted: 1973

As the only region in the northern Rhone that requires 100% Syrah for the finished wine

2021 is the second vintage of this wine

"Seraphina" is pure Sangiovese from 40-year-old vines aged for two years before bottling--its first year in above-ground amphora

2021 Domaine Chandon de Briailles Corton Clos du Roi Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France Shelter This was pressed straight toClos du Roi, one of the most famous vineyards of Corton, is just below the Le Corton lieu dit of Corton Charlemagne, a terroir high on the hillside, very steep and made up of clay limestone marls containing a little sand and little topsoil. Claude describes it as a chance to taste Charlemagne as a red. The vines struggle here in the rugged soil. It is a late ripening terroir which, through its ability to drain, allows the grapes to avoid rot during