Domaine Serol Cote Roannaise Perdriziere 2023 CS20230713 overlooked corner up near Chablis

overlooked corner up near Chablis that's actually dedicated to Pinot Noir

Beaufort works more like a Burgundian than a Champenois: native yeasts

and chamomile tea notes open onto a palate that's honeyed and saline

The component whiskeys are aged up to 20 years

Domaine Serol Cote Roannaise Perdriziere 2023 CS20230713 overlooked corner up near ChablisHead upriver from Sancerre, past the point where most wine maps give up, and you reach the Cote Roannaise, an obscure pocket of the upper Loire where the Serol family has been farming granite slopes for generations. Perdriziere is a single 1. 5 hectare parcel named for the partridges that once filled it, planted at nearly 400 meters on decomposed granite stained red with iron. The grape is Gamay Saint Romain, a local strain of Gamay that behaves