2020 Jerome Chezeaux Les Suchots Vosne-Romanee Premier Cru, France Starlight Distillery 2019 Maloof 'Wax on Wax

2019 Maloof 'Wax on Wax Soif' Syrah / Viognier

then ground with roller mills and fermented with native yeasts in open stainless tanks

not at all cloying but quite intense overall

spontaneously fermented using indigenous yeasts in underground amphora (called "qveri" in Georgia)

15 hectolitre casks for 22 months

2020 Jerome Chezeaux Les Suchots Vosne-Romanee Premier Cru, France Starlight Distillery 2019 Maloof 'Wax on WaxWith grand crus Romane Saint Vivant and Richebourg right next door, premier cru Les Suchots lies in one of the most elite neighborhoods in the Cote dOr. Chezeaux owns a third of a hectare here, and this is often the greatest wine in his cellar. A whirlwind of intoxicating Vosne spice ushers in fruit both broad and precise, yet somehow everything remains focused; its a tour de force, vintage after vintage.