Chateau Rocher Corbin Montagne-Saint-Emilion 2018 NO20230927 The sandy vineyards of Santa

The sandy vineyards of Santa Rita Hills and Pacific Ocean winds shape a Chardonnay of exceptional purity

and the salt wind does the rest

Bone-dry Extra Brut with almost no dosage

and the Incline bottling is where their Dundee Hills fruit lands

aged in a mix of pièce and demi-muid with only 10–15% new oak—letting fruit and terroir dominate

Chateau Rocher Corbin Montagne-Saint-Emilion 2018 NO20230927 The sandy vineyards of SantaRocher Corbin has been in the Durand family for four generations, and Philippe Durand farms its single ten hectare block organically on the highest hill in Montagne Saint Emilion. Up here the vines are old, with more than a chunk over eighty years and a rare patch of pre phylloxera Merlot said to be around 150. He works with a light touch: hand harvesting, wild yeast fermentation, minimal sulfur. The 2018 is mostly Merlot with Cabernet Franc, and it