Fumey-Chatelain Arbois Ploussard Fertans 2023 26REASONABLE cracked pepper and forest floor

cracked pepper and forest floor on the nose

identifies his Chardonnay del Carso with its own territory

who farm organically with biodynamic influence and work each parcel with a horse-drawn plough

more perfumed style of the grape than you typically find further south

Fumey-Chatelain Arbois Ploussard Fertans 2023 26REASONABLE cracked pepper and forest floorMarin Fumey calls this a barbecue wine, which tells you most of what you need to know. Ploussard Poulsard, if you're reading a textbook makes the palest red in France, so translucent you can nearly read through the glass, and yet it carries enough savory grip to stand up to char and smoke. Fertans is a south facing plot of seventy year old vines, hand destemmed out in the vineyard the old fashioned way and made with barely any extraction at all. At