2019 Domaine Andree 'Les Mines' Anjou Rouge, Loire, France Hamilton -Distilled in 1987 at Mars

-Distilled in 1987 at Mars Shinshu Distillery in Nagano

very rarely any bâtonnage

The site on which the vines are planted has remained under vine since 1130

the fruit is picked by hand and vinified and aged in neutral 300L barrels harvested from the nearby Hautvillers forest

2022 de Fermo 'Concrete' Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

2019 Domaine Andree 'Les Mines' Anjou Rouge, Loire, France Hamilton -Distilled in 1987 at MarsThe wine is named Le Mines (The Mines) because the color of the soil looks like a coal mine. Stephane believes the particular variety of metamorphic rock is black from its high coal & graphite content. That particular geology imparts a unique sense of minerality in the wine. Les Mines is a parcel of 45 year old Cabernet Franc vines; its aged in barrel (30% new) for two years before being bottled