Marine Descombe Fleurie 2023 040926OFFER well-kept sheep

well-kept sheep

and just 55 cases made

Full-bodied yet harmonious

rosemary and thyme covering the roasted hazelnuts

The mountain elevation shows up in the glass — ripe but lifted

Marine Descombe Fleurie 2023 040926OFFER well-kept sheepOf the ten Beaujolais crus, Fleurie has long been the most romanticized granite, pink tinged soils, and a knack for producing Gamay with the silk and perfume of fine Burgundy. Marine Descombe's take leans into that florality. The 2023 is supple and aromatic, all violets and crushed raspberry, with the kind of weightless, perfumed lift that Fleurie does better than anywhere else. A reminder that this woman, who became the first female winemaker on