Pierre Gonon, Ardeche Les Iles Feray, 2016 dont_offer finishing long and savory with

finishing long and savory with hints of truffle and mineral earth

Manzanilla Pasada is the most serious category of Manzanilla Sherry — it means the wine has remained under flor long enough to develop additional depth and complexity beyond the light

from the historic Beaune house

sweet menthol and that core of Castiglione Falletto fruit that always feels both powerful and lifted

Now in its seventh generation under Chris Blandy

Pierre Gonon, Ardeche Les Iles Feray, 2016 dont_offer finishing long and savory withPierre Gonon is a legend of the Northern Rhone, best known for benchmark Saint Joseph, and Les Iles Feray is the family's more affordable Ardeche cuvee: 100% Syrah from organically farmed vines. It's aromatic, floral and silky, a medium bodied Syrah full of cherry and raspberry that shows the Gonon style in miniature. The 2016 was an excellent, balanced Northern Rhone vintage, and at around a decade old this is drinking beautifully, fresh but with