Dried apricots

a legendary Georgian woman warrior

Wien (Vienna)

Jean-Paul Brun

Toni Sarrion began a crusade to save the indigenous variety Bobal and coax it from obscurity and rusticity to the forefront of world class wines

Domaine Notre Dame des Pallieres Sablet "L'Olivet", 2019 Verdeca Dried apricotsHay, barnyard, limestone. Herbs, black peppercorn, black currant, anise + hickory root. Dark fruit on palate, taut blackberry and orange peel; a black beauty. 40 year old vines from hillsides above the village of Gigondas. Notre Dame des Pallires is a very old family estate (led by Claude Roux and his two children Isabelle and Julien) named for the water source at the edge of the Estate believed to heal people from a great plague in the middle ages.