Borgo del Tiglio Milleuve Bianco 2023 Coffee and the year demanded constant

and the year demanded constant vineyard work and hard selection

the granite wall of Cornas

Harvest began August 18 and split into two phases when early September rain arrived

the same hill country where Jean-Marie Guffens bought Chateau des Tourettes in 1997 after growing restless with Burgundy's politics

chamomile and crushed oyster shell come first

Borgo del Tiglio Milleuve Bianco 2023 Coffee and the year demanded constantThe Land Fifty million years ago these hills were the floor of a shallow marine lagoon. What settled there hardened into the Cormons flysch: alternating bands of soft marl and hard sandstone, laid down in layers ranging from a few inches to more than a foot thick. Locals call the rock ponca, and the alternation is the whole point. Because soft and hard strata sit against each other rather than in a uniform mass, small amounts of water seep through the