A&E Verset Cornas 2023 SF Chronicle - Past Pick freshness from the youngest base

freshness from the youngest base

The estate cultivates Ugni Blanc

with a long nutty finish that stays lively rather than sticky

Finished in Mizunara barrels

A&E Verset Cornas 2023 SF Chronicle - Past Pick freshness from the youngest baseCornas 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,