Maison Blanche Montagne Saint-Emilion 2019

Maison Blanche Montagne Saint-Emilion 2019The current release from this doggedly anti modern Bordeaux estate. Old vines, certified Biodynamic farming, hand harvested, and low tech cellar practices with little sulfur added. And yet these are as classic as can be, nothing rustic or funky, just satiating and fine tuned expressions of Montagne Saint Emilion's clay dominant soils. Drinkable now with some decanting but will age for 20+ years.

or as Paolo Ruffino says “We’re not ‘organic

with the towering mountain keeping watch over this small estate near the Swiss border

Carroget was an early adopter of organic and Biodynamic practices and has since pushed for the Vin méthode Nature label

rustic country wines for generations

Leo Erazo does an incredible amount of research work on both sides of the Andes

this is as serious as Sauvignon Blanc comes

Most are familiar with the boozy

This speaks to me for most of the red wines I gravitate towards

so in 2003 he decided to move there

steep terraces with 15-foot walls in some sections

Plenty of personality here but the funky flavors are reigned-in

stone fruit