Francois Villard l'Appel des Sereines Syrah 2022 NO20230816 Francois Carillon's family has grown

Francois Carillon's family has grown Chardonnay in Puligny-Montrachet for generations — he and his brother split the old family domaine in 2010 — and this Bourgogne Blanc comes from vines just outside the village appellation line

Initial juniper and aromatic spice flavours lead to a delicious sweetness

with a careful distillation process

this Bottled in Bond expression ages a minimum of seven years in Level 3 charred new American oak

The flavour is pleasantly tangy

Francois Villard l'Appel des Sereines Syrah 2022 NO20230816 Francois Carillon's family has grownThis is Northern Rhone Syrah without the paperwork. Francois Villard trained as a chef, taught himself to make wine, and became one of the region's best; l'Appel des Sereines is his young vine cuvee, drawn from decomposed granite parcels in Chavanay, Ardoix, Saint Michel sur Rhone and Verin real Northern Rhone dirt in every case. Because the vines are young and the plots fall outside the appellation lines, it's bottled simply as Vin de France, which