Domaine Saint-Cyr VdF Melo 2023 core-no-restrictions 100% Friulano from 95 year

100% Friulano from 95 year old vines (with a parcel replanted in 2019) in a single vineyard

and converted the 15-hectare estate to organic and biodynamic farming

Syrah and Tibouren from La Crau and Carqueiranne

A richer and less bitter Aperitivo made across the Bay in Alameda

Domaine Saint-Cyr VdF Melo 2023 core-no-restrictions 100% Friulano from 95 yearThree grapes, one tank, layered in like a mille feuille. Melo is Raphael Saint Cyr's co ferment of Gamay, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from forty year old vines, stacked in alternating layers in concrete and left to macerate cold and carbonic for a couple of weeks. The white grapes fermenting alongside the red lift the whole thing, and the result is a light, translucent red built entirely for drinking rather than contemplating. It's farmed organically,