Marine Descombe Fleurie 2023 CS20230718 and proof that a workhorse

and proof that a workhorse grape can run

Refreshing on its own and doubly refreshing in a spritz

and a stony grip on the finish

because if you grow up in the Aube you live closer to Burgundy than to the rest of Champagne

Marine Descombe Fleurie 2023 CS20230718 and proof that a workhorseOf the ten Beaujolais crus, Fleurie has long been the most romanticized granite, pink tinged soils, and a knack for producing Gamay with the silk and perfume of fine Burgundy. Marine Descombe's take leans into that florality. The 2023 is supple and aromatic, all violets and crushed raspberry, with the kind of weightless, perfumed lift that Fleurie does better than anywhere else. A reminder that this woman, who became the first female winemaker on