Domaine Saint-Cyr VdF Alien Blanc 2023 agrapart pointed at the sweeter end

pointed at the sweeter end of the Islay spectrum

Marine Descombe's 2020 is deeper-toned and a little more savory than her Fleurie or Morgon — perfumed raspberry and red currant up front

as the name promises

ripe dark fruit

Domaine Saint-Cyr VdF Alien Blanc 2023 agrapart pointed at the sweeter endTwo thousand bottles, ninety year old vines, and no sulfur at any point: Alien is Raphael Saint Cyr's outlier, and he named it accordingly. It's Aligote, Burgundy's overlooked white grape, growing on clay in the Beaujolais and treated with unusual patience. The juice is pressed straight into old barrels without settling, ferments on wild yeasts, and then sits two full years on its lees in a reductive environment before bottling unfiltered. That long,