Fleurie, Domaine Andre Colonge 2023 Grape variety_Gros Manseng

Fleurie, Domaine Andre Colonge 2023 Grape variety_Gros MansengThis traditional but increasingly modernised domaine is now in the hands of Serge Colonge and his two sons Landry and Samuel. There are 30 hectares of vines, the majority producing excellent generic Beaujolais or Beaujolais Villages with just seven hectares in Fleurie, where the vines are an average of 40 years old. This is textbook and superb value Fleurie: floral, scented, full of vibrant summer fruits, silky and elegant. Gamay Beaujolais, France

dry and lively

Furmint is usually harvested late to make Hungary's renowned sweet Tokaji

with lots of ripe

This very attractive and keenly priced example is made by true perfectionist Hervé Dubourdieu from his 13 hectare Graville-Lacoste estate (one of three properties owned by the family in Graves and Sauternes)

80% Grenache

taut and very dry but with an underlying depth and richness

a touch of bitter almond and a clean

the supreme aperitif or try with typical Loire Valley goat's cheeses like Sainte-Maure or Crottin de Chavignol

the southern extremity of Champagne home to many small family-owned growers and a world apart from the manicured environs of Reims and Epernay

The Matetic family (whose Croatian roots explain their untypically Chilean name) had been sheep and cattle farmers in Patagonia since arriving in 1892 before establishing a winery in the relatively new coastal region of San Antonio in 1999

Chassagne and Meursault (hence 'Terroir Noble') but it can't be known by any of these famous names

resulting in very fine