Domaine des Rutissons Verdesse 2021 Gifts

Domaine des Rutissons Verdesse 2021 GiftsDomaine des Rutissons is the result of the union of two personalities, Laurent and Wilfrid, who, while capable of succeeding individually in the world of wine, together create truly exceptional cuves. This bottling is 100% Verdesse, an nearly extinct grape (there are only about 13 hectares planted in the world) that has long been overshadowed by it's more commercially profitable cousins but is now making a grand return in the vineyards of Isre. Dry

the De Lisio brothers

slightly vegetal bistro red bursting with vibrant black cherries

Small and nimble

replete with pretty flowers and herbs and rocks

in the Tuscan countryside and surrounded by woods

Anne Paillet's wines are much fresher and more drinkable than a lot of what you'll find in the Languedoc-Roussillon

photography by Halley Strongwater

this whisky - made in Coffey stills at the Miyagikyo distillery - uses 100% malted barley as its base

not far from Axel Prüfer in the Orb Valley

orange blossom & tangerine

and slightly bitter

La Distesa is Corrado Dottori