Mickael Bourg Saint-Peray Blanc 2022 Wine Bar | Orange and Rose fruity and minerally

fruity and minerally

They are one of the few estates still vinifying most of their grand vin in concrete vats

but with distinct framework

which keeps the wine transparent rather than dressed up

He makes only two wines here

Mickael Bourg Saint-Peray Blanc 2022 Wine Bar | Orange and Rose fruity and minerallyThe man farming some of the steepest rows in Saint Peray used to fix cars for a living. Mickael Bourg came to wine with no family estate behind him, apprenticed with Matthieu Barret in Cornas, and started making his own in 2006. He has since cobbled together roughly two hectares of granite and limestone terraces across Cornas and Saint Peray, some of it so vertical that he ropes himself to the hillside to pick. This is all Marsanne, farmed