Chateau Le Puy VdF Blanc Marie-Cecile 2023 NO20230823 sweet Pedro Ximenez

sweet Pedro Ximenez

planted in the 1920s on decomposed granite

From the producer: Vines covering 40 acres planted in 1943-1944

and the only American vineyard he actually owns

with a touch of Carignane folded in for grip

Chateau Le Puy VdF Blanc Marie-Cecile 2023 NO20230823 sweet Pedro XimenezChteau Le Puy has farmed this corner of Bordeaux's Ctes de Francs since 1610, biodynamic before the word existed, with horses in the vineyard and Demeter certification today. They bottle as Vin de France rather than chase appellation rules, and each cuve is named for a family ancestor. Marie Ccile is their white, made from Smillon farmed the same idiosyncratic way as the reds: native yeasts, no fining, no filtration, minimal sulfur. The result is a