Marine Descombe Fleurie 2023 MH Estate Cava made with actual

Estate Cava made with actual conviction

Ardbeg's entry level bottling is soft and mellow

while the medium-bodied palate shows round

Tenuta I Fauri's "Baldovino" — named for the nickname of founder Domenico Di Camillo — is the textbook version: gentle maceration

Marine Descombe Fleurie 2023 MH Estate Cava made with actualOf the ten Beaujolais crus, Fleurie has long been the most romanticized granite, pink tinged soils, and a knack for producing Gamay with the silk and perfume of fine Burgundy. Marine Descombe's take leans into that florality. The 2023 is supple and aromatic, all violets and crushed raspberry, with the kind of weightless, perfumed lift that Fleurie does better than anywhere else. A reminder that this woman, who became the first female winemaker on