A&E Verset Cornas 2023 SF Chronicle - Past Pick retaining the classic gin flavor

retaining the classic gin flavor of juniper berries

Nobody works it with more authority than Domaine des Comtes Lafon

The second edition of the Vault Reserve by Fukano is a blend of rice based whiskies from three to eleven years of age

freshness from the youngest base

A fresh style mezcal

A&E Verset Cornas 2023 SF Chronicle - Past Pick retaining the classic gin flavorCornas from a sixth generation vigneronne carrying one of the appellation's most legendary names into a new era. Emmanuelle Verset is one of only two women running a domaine in Cornas, and she farms inherited plots of ancient vines in storied sites like Champelrose, Les Mazards, and Reynard, with an average vine age around 60 years and some over a century old. The granite hillsides here, baked by Northern Rhone sun, give Syrah extraordinary intensity,