Forjas del Salnes Albarino Leirana Finca Genoveva 2023 NO20231108 and Le Corton — and

and Le Corton — and it brings the same precision and clarity that defines everything from the great Meursault domaine

snapped back into focus by the Sauvignon Blanc

Domaine des Perdrix Nuits Saint Georges 2019 reveals an elegant expression of Burgundy’s finesse

The 2024 lands somewhere between Loire snap and California sunshine: bright grapefruit

and pineapple

Forjas del Salnes Albarino Leirana Finca Genoveva 2023 NO20231108 and Le Corton — andThese vines were planted before the American Civil War. Finca Genoveva is a single parcel of roughly 180 year old Albarino rooted in pure granite soil so poor that phylloxera never managed to get a foothold. Rodrigo Mendez ferments and ages the wine for a full year in large, well seasoned neutral foudres with the lees left untouched, which builds texture without ever burying the fruit in oak. It is famously closed and austere when young, so give it a