Frederic Magnien Marsannay Rouge Longeroies 2023 SO20231109 challenging vintage—and Randy Dunn responded

challenging vintage—and Randy Dunn responded by discarding 40% of his crop to achieve ripeness

a five-generation Loire domaine

The finish offers plenty of umami

Expect explosive raspberry

Oscar is the brother vineyard to the famed Michael Mara Chardonnay vineyard

Frederic Magnien Marsannay Rouge Longeroies 2023 SO20231109 challenging vintage—and Randy Dunn respondedMarsannay is the northernmost village of the Cte de Nuits, and Longeroies is one of its most celebrated lieux dits a slope of red clay over limestone that consistently produces some of the appellation's most structured, age worthy reds. Frdric Magnien, son of Morey Saint Denis legend Michel Magnien, runs his ngociant operation with a grower's sensibility: organic leaning farming partnerships, careful sorting, restrained levage. The result is real Cte