Les Bories Jefferies ‘Pierre de Sisyphe' 2022 Gifts

Les Bories Jefferies ‘Pierre de Sisyphe' 2022 GiftsAn unusual Languedoc white variety expressed in perhaps its highest form Terret Blanc, a rather unknown integer with an ancient vitis vinifera parent. In Pierre de Sisyphe, Terret Blanc is expressed from a single vineyard parcel on a mix of basalt and limestone. This is maybe Joseph Jefferies finest white wine, expressing great mineral structure without roughness; notes of white grapefruit, punchy other citrus, a touch of smoke and that tremendous

lemon rind

Moderately dry and medium-bodied

length on the palate

The col fondo tradition is older in Italy and represents the way all frizzante wines were made in the Veneto before more modern approaches

pretty and peppery little reds

and lightly pithy character that makes the famous white Catalan variety so special

Most Bordeaux like this has disappeared

Extended maceration and aging have led to beautifully integrated tannins and some more density than you may be used to in our wines

Mexico is known as the land of Mezcal and Tequila but there are pockets of the country across its vastly diverse micro-climates where the conditions for top quality sugarcane are ideal

delivering a remarkably smooth taste and graceful aging process

piquant and lightly flinty number

crisp and certified organic