The 2022 is ripe but lifted
and a long tail of red and white rarities
this is structure—decades of aging potential built in
The Montestefano vineyard
Son Maxime-François joined in 2006 and continues this uncompromising natural approach at their 350-meter elevation estate in the Drôme
Clos Venturi, Brama - Biancu Gentile, 2025 SO070825 Spindler Grand Crus The 2022 is ripe butBiancu Gentile nearly disappeared, and Clos Venturi is one of the reasons it didn't. This rare Corsican white grape gets a solo turn here, grown high in the island's mountainous interior around Ponte Leccia, about as far from the sea as Corsica gets. Manu Venturi farms biodynamically (Demeter certified, with sheep, horses, and bees doing real work in the vineyards), and the wine is fermented with native yeasts in concrete egg, with a stretch of skin