Nicolas Faure VdF Merlot 2024 CS20231026 Le Green Bio-Organic is a

Le Green Bio-Organic is a characterful Champagne

Column-distilled by an undisclosed distillery in El Salvador from estate-grown sugarcane molasses and aged for an initial 10 years in the tropical climate of El Salvador

and Chaume-Arnaud is one of the estates that made the case

Yields are tiny by Puglian standards

persistent bubbles and a pale golden hue frame a vibrant palate marked by mineral tension and silky texture

Nicolas Faure VdF Merlot 2024 CS20231026 Le Green Bio-Organic is aA one man, hands off Burgundy operation worth knowing. Nicolas Faure trained at Domaine de la Romanee Conti and with Jean Louis Chave before building his own tiny domaine from scratch around Meuilley in the Cote de Nuits, farming organically and vinifying with whole clusters and minimal sulfur. This Merlot is a deliberate oddity: a Vin de France bottling from a grape you almost never see in Burgundy, made with the same low intervention, freshness