Nicolas Faure VdF Merlot 2024 26REASONABLE one-of-a-kind shochu made from ginger

one-of-a-kind shochu made from ginger local to Japan’s Miyazaki prefecture

These plantings were completed with the last plot 1 hectare

A 50/50 blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah from Renaissance Vineyard

A wine to drink now or cellar for many years

Tiny yields from low-vigor old vines create remarkable concentration

Nicolas Faure VdF Merlot 2024 26REASONABLE one-of-a-kind shochu made from gingerA one man, hands off Burgundy operation worth knowing. Nicolas Faure trained at Domaine de la Romanee Conti and with Jean Louis Chave before building his own tiny domaine from scratch around Meuilley in the Cote de Nuits, farming organically and vinifying with whole clusters and minimal sulfur. This Merlot is a deliberate oddity: a Vin de France bottling from a grape you almost never see in Burgundy, made with the same low intervention, freshness