Forjas del Salnes Albarino Leirana Finca Genoveva 2023 NO20231108 and Le Corton — and

and Le Corton — and it brings the same precision and clarity that defines everything from the great Meursault domaine

The 2005 is now twenty years old

aged 80% in stoneware jars (an unusual choice that preserves pure fruit and mineral character)

snapped back into focus by the Sauvignon Blanc

This incredible "fire juice" blend can be added to many culinary endeavors and is just at home in your kitchen as it is in your home bar

Forjas del Salnes Albarino Leirana Finca Genoveva 2023 NO20231108 and Le Corton — andThese vines were planted before the American Civil War. Finca Genoveva is a single parcel of roughly 180 year old Albarino rooted in pure granite soil so poor that phylloxera never managed to get a foothold. Rodrigo Mendez ferments and ages the wine for a full year in large, well seasoned neutral foudres with the lees left untouched, which builds texture without ever burying the fruit in oak. It is famously closed and austere when young, so give it a