Francois Villard l'Appel des Sereines Syrah 2022 25OFF2024BFCM which sounds odd until you

which sounds odd until you taste what it does: it drags the acidity up and gives the wine a punchier

The other 80% is Sauvignon Blanc drawn from cool Sonoma sites

The difference is in the cellar: it sees only stainless steel

soft oakiness with leading vanilla aroma

Francois Villard l'Appel des Sereines Syrah 2022 25OFF2024BFCM which sounds odd until youThis 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