Cave des Amandiers Syrah Valais 2020 Bordeaux well-balanced white Burgundy full of

well-balanced white Burgundy full of ripe citrus notes and streaked with cleansing minerality

and the wine spent two years in used 600-liter demi-muids after a natural fermentation in concrete

Corine’s “À l’abri du Monde” Rouge is roughly two-thirds Merlot

and the roughly one-quarter Pinot Noir serves to moderate the Trousseau’s scrappy wildness with a touch of silk

The Gérard family owns 3

Cave des Amandiers Syrah Valais 2020 Bordeaux well-balanced white Burgundy full ofAlexandres friend Sandrine Caloz likes to quip that the Valais is the real Northern Rhne (the rivers source lies nearby), and the Syrah from Cave des Amandiers adds ample fuel to that argument. Sourced from a handful of parcelssome of which are planted to the fabled Serines in Fully and Leytron, this ferments with 20% whole clusters and spends 18 months in a combination of barriques and demi muids. With rich but taut dark fruit and gripping but finely