La Belle Verte 2022 Domaine de la Renardière This balance allowed excellent phenolic

This balance allowed excellent phenolic development while preserving energy and tension in the wines

Wilfried Crochet uses it here in the simplest possible way: whole clusters

Version is a red that reads as southern without the heat that usually implies

The Saburin lieu-dit is one of nine named sub-zones within the Brouilly cru

Aromatic without ever being sweet

La Belle Verte 2022 Domaine de la Renardière This balance allowed excellent phenolicLa Belle Verte is the white counterpoint in Laura and Paulo's L'tranger range, made from old Roussillon plots on limestone, marl and shale. Where the region's whites can turn broad and heavy, this stays taut and lifted, which is the whole trick of good Roussillon white. Fermented with native yeasts, raised without fining or filtration and with barely any sulphur, it shows citrus peel, white orchard fruit and a herbal, almost saline finish. Fresh and