Macvin du Jura 2018 Sous Le Vegetal Orchard fruit and citrus peel

Orchard fruit and citrus peel with a nutty edge

Pigalle 2021 is a pure Malbec from the Bordeaux hinterland — the grape’s ancestral home before Argentinian sunshine made it globally famous

with violet and red fruit aromatics more reminiscent of a northern Côt than a heavyweight southern Malbec

Forge is an oenologist of some twenty years who keeps a wine bar in Angers besides

Macvin du Jura 2018 Sous Le Vegetal Orchard fruit and citrus peelMacvin du Jura is the region's old trick. Grape must is stopped in its tracks with marc, the spirit distilled from pressed skins, so the wine never ferments dry and keeps its sugar intact. Jean Michel and Laurence Petit make theirs at Domaine de la Renardire in Pupillin, where they have farmed organically since 2010 across seven and a half hectares. It is sweet and warming, with dried apricot, honey and a nutty edge that comes from the spirit, and the