Absentee Winery "Balou" 2023

Absentee Winery "Balou" 2023Press 4 Red April May 2026 Direct Press Selection Avi Deixler founded his Absentee winery in 2016 with the goal of crafting natural and honest wine in Point Reyes, California. Avi maintains his own cooperage and ferments in barrels. He uses only organically farmed grapes that see a tiny bit of elemental sulfur in the vineyards and never adds sulfur to his wines. The Balou 2023 is a Syrah dominant blend with some petite verdot and carignan added to the

and tasting notes exploring each theme

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

followed by sultry baked pineapple

A vibrant floral nose

in some of the most rugged terraces in Europe

Smells like a hippie store with a haze of Nag Champa incense

the Fabulas wines check almost every box in terms of natural certification

and Zinfandel from Tecate

and never tending towards the funky or oxidative styles that we sometimes find in the Jura

The Clos Sénéchal is one of the Breton's top vineyard sites

and old book leather on the nose are met with mocha and cherry cordial on the palate

These super old vines have extremely deep roots