From a sustainably farmed single vineyard of blue schist soils at 1500 ft elevation in the Douro
Domaine Charvin has been a family-run estate since 1851
The wine spends nearly four years in 225L barrels before release
It is a wine that doesn't just sit in the glass
and a structured
2024 Martin Texier, La Preyna, VdF Cuvee_La Montagne From a sustainably farmed singleMartin Texier works just outside Saint Julien en Saint Alban, farming family parcels long tended by his father, Eric. Before returning to the vines, he spent time as a DJ, and it showshis wines make you want to dance. La Preyna comes from a single granite based parcel, planted to ~75% Cinsault and 25% Grenache. The approach is simple: Cinsault whole cluster, Grenache destemmed, about a week of maceration, then finished and aged in concrete, bottled in