Nicolas Faure VdF Merlot 2024 26REASONABLE the oldest cellar in Gattinara

the oldest cellar in Gattinara

Tiny yields from low-vigor old vines create remarkable concentration

and completely compelling

and her vineyards sit next to a nature reserve on chalky soil full of marine fossils

Nicolas Faure VdF Merlot 2024 26REASONABLE the oldest cellar in GattinaraA one man, hands off Burgundy operation worth knowing. Nicolas Faure trained at Domaine de la Romanee Conti and with Jean Louis Chave before building his own tiny domaine from scratch around Meuilley in the Cote de Nuits, farming organically and vinifying with whole clusters and minimal sulfur. This Merlot is a deliberate oddity: a Vin de France bottling from a grape you almost never see in Burgundy, made with the same low intervention, freshness