2021 Chateau de Plaisance Anjou Rouge 'Sur la Butte', Loire, France Rueda 2017 Hirotake Ooka Domaine de

2017 Hirotake Ooka Domaine de la Grande Colline Cornas

270-meters elevation

This small-batch liqueur is built on a blend of 13 botanicals—including gentian

and unusually fresh acidity for a wine from so far south

The grapes are whole-cluster pressed without any maceration or crushing and put directly into old/neutral barrels

2021 Chateau de Plaisance Anjou Rouge 'Sur la Butte', Loire, France Rueda 2017 Hirotake Ooka Domaine deCertified biodynamic 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Cabernet Franc From the lieux dits Clos de lEtand and Le Grand Lopin 3 ha total on the Chaume hill, facing south Plaisance owns the only red grapes on the Chaume hill 35+ year old vines Spilite over schist bedrock De stemmed 2 3 week maceration Indigenous yeast Fermented and aged in concrete for 11 months