Domaine Saint-Cyr VdF Melo 2023 MARQUE built for ceremony and serious

built for ceremony and serious meals

then infuses it with a closely guarded blend of herbs

his son Sasa

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

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

Domaine Saint-Cyr VdF Melo 2023 MARQUE built for ceremony and seriousThree 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,