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This Gevrey-Chambertin En Vosne unfolds with vibrant red fruit, delicate spice, and subtle floral notes, wrapped in silky tannins that speak to meticulous vineyard management and thoughtful cellar work. The wine captures the elegance and complexity characteristic of the appellation, reflecting the estate's philosophy of balance, purity, and timeless Burgundian character. 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There's more clay here and more organic matter than in Moncerbal, so the cooler nights don't manage to cool the soil down; the grapes have a more steady ripeness, and the wines are a little more generous. 3,752 bottles, 86 magnums and some larger formats produced. It was bottled in January 2023. \u003cstrong\u003e97 Pts - Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sc-OIPhM eLnstg\"\u003eI tasted the bottled 2021s and the 2022s from barrel. 2021 was, according to Ricardo Pérez Palacios, the most challenging year ever, a vintage when Mencía wouldn't ripen! From very early on, Moncerbal shone and felt to be among the finest vintages for this paraje. 2021 was an atypical year, cooler but with a warm and dry end of the season. They harvested some grapes at the end of August, and then they had to stop because the grapes wouldn't ripen! So, Pétalos has only 13.5% alcohol. Some wines have a reductive character; it was a cooler and dry year, and the wines show that character, continental and cold, despite the heat in July and August. The wines are juicy and aromatic, a lot fresher than they anticipated. The wines have contained alcohol (all around 13.5%) and a narrower profile. It should be a long-lived vintage, perhaps not as juicy as the 2018s but with very good balance and freshness. Now from bottle and with the perspective of time, the wines are evolving nicely, perhaps not reaching the heights of 2018, but with elegance and grace, slowly. Starting in 2021, all the wines except Pétalos are certified organic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2022 was a very challenging year, but surprisingly, the wines are more balanced and better than what they expected. The alcohol is lower than expected, the vines got blocked, it was very warm and dry, or at least the alcohol didn't go that high, but the acidity started dropping. 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He brings the same precision and restraint to Cornas that defines his Burgundian work, an outsider's clarity applied to one of France's most uncompromising appellations. The result is a wine that respects the place without being dominated by it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCornas sits at the southern end of the Northern Rhône, producing 100% Syrah from steep granite terraces above the town. It is a small, fiercely individual appellation with a continental climate, warm summers, cold winters, and soils that leave an unmistakable iron and mineral signature on everything grown here. Historically the most tannic and age-worthy of the Northern Rhône crus, Cornas is showing a more refined side in the hands of a new generation, and Haisma is very much part of that shift.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2021 was a cool, late-ripening vintage across the Northern Rhône. Spring frosts and uneven flowering reduced yields and concentrated what remained, while the extended growing season preserved freshness and lifted natural acidity. It is a vintage of precision rather than power, producing wines that are structured and age-worthy but with a transparency and elegance that makes them more approachable than many expected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the nose it is dark and savoury, black cherry, plum and violet alongside cracked black pepper, graphite and a cool iron-mineral thread that is unmistakably Cornas. On the palate the tannins are fine-grained and precise, giving shape without dominating, while the fruit stays pure and focused all the way through. 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Around 75% of the fruit was kept as whole bunches, with the remaining 25% destemmed. The wine was aged in stainless steel and bottled in April 2023. Certified organic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"593\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eAlice Bouvot originally trained as a classical musician — a passion reflected in the name of her estate and several of her cuvées — before turning to wine. After formal training and travel to deepen her knowledge, she returned to the Jura, where she was born in Besançon, and in 2005 established Domaine de l’Octavin with her then partner, Charles Dagand. Not long after, Alice and Charles separated, and Alice continued running the tiny estate on her own. 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The wine is incredibly light and delicate, almost giving the impression of having some direct-pressed juice in the blend — though there isn’t any. There are subtle notes of slightly underripe strawberries, and despite its lightness, it carries impressive length and finishes with a real sense of place and connection to its origins. Certified organic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"715\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eAlice Bouvot originally trained as a classical musician — a passion reflected in the name of her estate and several of her cuvées — before turning to wine. After formal training and travel to deepen her knowledge, she returned to the Jura, where she was born in Besançon, and in 2005 established Domaine de l’Octavin with her then partner, Charles Dagand. Following their separation, Alice continued running the estate on her own, gradually expanding it from around 2 hectares to approximately 6.5 hectares today, while continuing to plant more vineyards. 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Her energy and commitment remain remarkable: for her négoce projects — which can span from Roussillon and Provence in the south, to Alsace in the north and the Loire in the west — she and her team travel to harvest the grapes themselves and bring them back to Arbois for vinification.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"1931\" data-start=\"1381\"\u003eFrom the Arbois lieu-dit En Curon, this Poulsard was harvested in September 2023, hand-destemmed, and macerated for 20 days before pressing. It was briefly aged in stainless steel prior to bottling. The wine is incredibly light and delicate, almost giving the impression of having some direct-pressed juice in the blend — though there isn’t any. There are subtle notes of slightly underripe strawberries, and despite its lightness, it carries impressive length and finishes with a real sense of place and connection to its origins. 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It is the way she began making wines with Charles and she has never veered from those principles, always making wines that she loves to drink rather than chasing wines which will appeal to a broad market.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Appellance","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50261372797121,"sku":null,"price":139.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0843\/3428\/0897\/files\/Alice_Bouvot_l_Octavin_Dora_Bella_2023.jpg?v=1783486701"},{"product_id":"alice-bouvot-loctavin-corvee-de-t-nv","title":"Alice Bouvot l'Octavin Corvées de T NV","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"715\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFrom the renowned Arbois lieu-dit “Les Corvées” (2022-2023), this is Alice’s lighter expression of Trousseau, made in a style more suited to early drinking — although a bottle from 2011 recently showed it can age with surprising vitality. 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