2024 Domaine Simon Faure Saint-Veran Les Cras, Maconnais, France Jacques Carillon and white meat

and white meat

The contrast between rich flavor and slender palate is mind-boggling

The fruit for the 2023 Kobayashi Cabernet Franc comes from two sites within the Columbia Valley: Blue Mountain Vineyard

and a relatively high percentage of Doña Blanca • Fermented with whole clusters and a long post-fermentation maceration • raised for one year in used 225L and 500L barrels • bottled without fining or filtration

they focus on crafting high quality

2024 Domaine Simon Faure Saint-Veran Les Cras, Maconnais, France Jacques Carillon and white meatBefore Simon Faure began making wine, he was an electrician, swapping wires for vines in 2023 when he purchased three hectares in the Mconnais. His first vintage 10,000 bottles of 100% Chardonnay showed a level of sophistication and skill that Faure has continued to hone. Simon focuses on working in harmony with nature to produce wines that are pure expressions of the land from which they spring. Grapes are hand harvested in small 10 kilogram crates