A&E Verset Cornas 2023 SF Chronicle - Past Pick Finished in Mizunara barrels

Finished in Mizunara barrels

Nobody works it with more authority than Domaine des Comtes Lafon

The estate cultivates Ugni Blanc

with a long nutty finish that stays lively rather than sticky

The second edition of the Vault Reserve by Fukano is a blend of rice based whiskies from three to eleven years of age

A&E Verset Cornas 2023 SF Chronicle - Past Pick Finished in Mizunara barrelsCornas from a sixth generation vigneronne carrying one of the appellation's most legendary names into a new era. Emmanuelle Verset is one of only two women running a domaine in Cornas, and she farms inherited plots of ancient vines in storied sites like Champelrose, Les Mazards, and Reynard, with an average vine age around 60 years and some over a century old. The granite hillsides here, baked by Northern Rhone sun, give Syrah extraordinary intensity,