Mickael Bourg Saint-Peray Blanc 2022 2025 L'Assemblage Part 2 The Estate bottling steps up

The Estate bottling steps up from the Classic

Balanced acidity belies the richness of the natural sugars dominated by black-cherry

Livor Mortis spent one year in neutral oak before finishing on watermelon and peppermint for five months

Jim Rutledge

butterscotch laden aroma and vanilla rich mouthfeel

Mickael Bourg Saint-Peray Blanc 2022 2025 L'Assemblage Part 2 The Estate bottling steps upThe man farming some of the steepest rows in Saint Peray used to fix cars for a living. Mickael Bourg came to wine with no family estate behind him, apprenticed with Matthieu Barret in Cornas, and started making his own in 2006. He has since cobbled together roughly two hectares of granite and limestone terraces across Cornas and Saint Peray, some of it so vertical that he ropes himself to the hillside to pick. This is all Marsanne, farmed