A&E Verset Cornas 2023 NO20231101 Loic Barrat and Aurelie Masson

Loic Barrat and Aurelie Masson farm their vines organically in southern Champagne and vinify with a farmer's precision

peppery palate

and almost feathery in its delicacy

its style combines complexity

A&E Verset Cornas 2023 NO20231101 Loic Barrat and Aurelie MassonCornas from a sixth generation vigneronne carrying one of the appellation's most legendary names into a new era. Emmanuelle Verset is one of only two women running a domaine in Cornas, and she farms inherited plots of ancient vines in storied sites like Champelrose, Les Mazards, and Reynard, with an average vine age around 60 years and some over a century old. The granite hillsides here, baked by Northern Rhone sun, give Syrah extraordinary intensity,