Marine Descombe Fleurie 2023 0426JACKSON grainy tannins and juicy uplift

grainy tannins and juicy uplift

There’s nothing sinister about it

not Reims — which makes sense

Passing Clouds is nonalcoholic

so this is generous now and poised enough to reward a few years in the cellar

Marine Descombe Fleurie 2023 0426JACKSON grainy tannins and juicy upliftOf 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