Domaine Saint-Cyr VdF Melo 2023 2025 L'Assemblage Part 2 From 50- to 55-year-old Cabernet

From 50- to 55-year-old Cabernet Franc vines on limestone-rich slopes in Cravant-les-Coteaux

both of variety and terroir

Aged in both American oak and Oloroso sherry butts

Bernabeleva works high-altitude granite terroir in the Sierra de Gredos

and zero dosage

Domaine Saint-Cyr VdF Melo 2023 2025 L'Assemblage Part 2 From 50- to 55-year-old CabernetThree grapes, one tank, layered in like a mille feuille. Melo is Raphael Saint Cyr's co ferment of Gamay, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from forty year old vines, stacked in alternating layers in concrete and left to macerate cold and carbonic for a couple of weeks. The white grapes fermenting alongside the red lift the whole thing, and the result is a light, translucent red built entirely for drinking rather than contemplating. It's farmed organically,