Domaine des l'Iserand (Jean-Francois Malsert), Saint Joseph Les Sabots De Coppi, 2024 SO032126 Champagne and authenticity

and authenticity

Expect structure and generosity upfront

The estate that launched Barbaresco: Cantina del Pino occupies the original property where Domizio Cavazza made the first wine ever labeled "Barbaresco" in 1894

Grapes are hand-harvested and fermented separately before blending

Patrice Rion built his domaine in 1990 with his wife Michèle

Domaine des l'Iserand (Jean-Francois Malsert), Saint Joseph Les Sabots De Coppi, 2024 SO032126 Champagne and authenticityWe have been betting on Jean Franois Malsert to join the Gonon, Souhaut and Dard et Ribo tier of Saint Joseph growers, and this is one of the two parcel wines that makes the case. Les Sabots de Coppi comes off southeast facing terraces of granite and mica schist at Scheras, above the Iserand gorge, from vines his grandfather tended for decades without chemical treatment while selling the fruit to ngociants rather than making wine himself. Jef ran a