showcases the very best of what the Rhône can offer
It's fruit-forward and well-balanced
Readers should plan on putting the 2021 away for a number of years
this Dolcetto combines pedigree with affordability
Lionnet belongs firmly in the rotation
Bonnet Cotton, Beaujolais "Bas Les Masques", 2024 SO021026 Lauer GGs showcases the very best ofPierre Cotton reclaimed a hectare of family vines in Beaujolais in 2014, and with partner Marine Bonnet now alongside him, the domaine makes some of the region's most electric, honest Gamay. Everything is farmed organically and vinified with native yeasts in concrete, with barely any sulfur, then aged in century old foudrestrue low intervention winemaking. "Bas Les Masques" ("masks off") is the playful house cuve, a juicy, unfiltered entry level