Verget Chardonnay au Sud Vin de France 2024 Gin tart cherry and cranberry

tart cherry and cranberry

with a soft

Harvested from the Swimming Pool field at Hope Farm

In the glass it shows bright cherry

Passalacqua is a Napa Valley native who worked with Eben Sadie in South Africa

Verget Chardonnay au Sud Vin de France 2024 Gin tart cherry and cranberryThe Land "Au Sud" means "in the south," and despite Verget's reputation as a Burgundy negociant built in the Maconnais, this cuvee looks past Burgundy entirely. The fruit comes from growers in the Luberon, in Provence, the same hill country where Jean Marie Guffens bought Chateau des Tourettes in 1997 after growing restless with Burgundy's politics. The Luberon's limestone heavy soils and elevation, vineyards here commonly sit 300 to 450 meters, keep