Mersel Phoenix Skin Contact Merwah Lebanon 2023 Savennieres La Roche aux Moines the 2010 Lafon-Rochet comes bounding

the 2010 Lafon-Rochet comes bounding out of the glass with sit-up-and-beg notes of crème de cassis

Lovely aromas of singed lemon peel

crisp and enticing

The balance is already more off-dry than fully fruity or sweet

A fine and balanced white

Mersel Phoenix Skin Contact Merwah Lebanon 2023 Savennieres La Roche aux Moines the 2010 Lafon-Rochet comes boundingThis "Phoenix" skin contact cuve is made from such centenarian vines. It's organically farmed, own rooted, and planted on sandy volcanic soils in the cooler climate Wadi Qannoubine Valley at 1300 meters above sea level. This is an area where many of the vineyards went untended for decades due to war, land mines, and people simply leaving the country. Three weeks on the skins in a mix of steel and amphora, it's lightly orange in color but retaines