Livia 2019 Domaine Pierre Menard citrus and orchard fruit over

citrus and orchard fruit over a stony base

drawn from his best parcels at Eckelsheim and made only in the vintages that earn it

Herr Kretz is the serious end of what Andi Mann makes

This is Spätburgunder grown on Franconian ground and handled the way they handle everything here: nothing filtered

with the kind of light

Livia 2019 Domaine Pierre Menard citrus and orchard fruit overLivia is Muscat from the high volcanic terraces of Samos, given time on its skins, and like everything Sous le Vgtal makes it turns the island's sweet wine reputation on its head. Jason Ligas and Patrick Bouju work around sixty small plots between 400 and 910 metres, farming biodynamically and rebuilding the land through permaculture. The wine is raised the way they raise everything, split across amphora, concrete, steel and old barrel, then bottled