Julien Cécillon 'St. Pierre' Cornas 2022 Gifts

Julien Cécillon 'St. Pierre' Cornas 2022 GiftsIt takes just a moment upon opening to know there's something deeply special about Ccillon's intense Syrah sourced from organic grapes in the appellatin of Cornas. It's powerful, a little bit of a Clydesdale, full of cassis and black cherry, and it's sumptuous in texture. This wine isn't a hammer, though; it's nuanced too, showing the granite and earth that you want from Cornas, along with dried flowers and cured meat. Balanced and fine, it's very

given the warm

' is taken from three hectares of Cabernet Franc

or directly-pressed white juice coming off the red grape

with a distinctly toffee-like nose

located on the eastern flank of the famous Hungarian volcano called Somló

made from vines planted in the 1990s in Mendocino

Only about 500 cases made — this one is tiny production

Mediterranean climate with schist and calcareous clay soils

A top-tier spirit from Iceland from the country's only vodka distillery

Contents — Issue no 4

Medium-bodied

Sauvignon Blanc from the Central Loire in its most famous appellation