Domaine du Clos Naudin (Foreau) Vouvray Sec 2020 CS20231031 Aged for nine months in

Aged for nine months in century-old oak foudres

Barbera from one of Italy's most prestigious wine estates—and from a Grand Cru-caliber vineyard

Farmed biodynamically and raised on lees in concrete and large foudres

Produced by maestro mezcalero Aquilino García López (five generations of mezcal knowledge) at his palenque in Candelaria Yegolé

almost briny undertones alongside the expected caramel and oak

Domaine du Clos Naudin (Foreau) Vouvray Sec 2020 CS20231031 Aged for nine months inIf you care about Vouvray, you already know the name. Philippe Foreau, the third generation proprietor of Clos Naudin, is one of the great traditional Chenin Blanc producers in the world full stop. His wines are made with religious precision from old vines planted on the tuffeau limestone above the Loire, and they age for decades. The Sec is the dry expression, but "dry" hardly does it justice: it's a wine of stunning intensity, with quince, beeswax,