Patrick & Christophe Bonnefond Syrah Sensations du Nord 2021 spirits-template This is a striking Traditional

This is a striking Traditional Method wine that is all about an interplay between a broad texture and vibrant acidity and freshness

The 95% Mourvèdre blend (with Syrah and Cinsault) comes from vines on shallow

and balanced with just enough sweetness—it’s an amaro that favors roundness over aggression

The seven botanicals—fig

this ensemble bottling has flavors of licorice

Patrick & Christophe Bonnefond Syrah Sensations du Nord 2021 spirits-template This is a striking TraditionalThe steep granite slopes of the northern Rhone make some of the world's greatest Syrah, and they make very little of it. Patrick and Christophe Bonnefond farm a ten hectare domaine, six or seven hectares of it on the hill of Cote Rotie, and in recent years they have pulled back hard on new oak in pursuit of a purer, more Burgundian transparency. Sensations du Nord is their Syrah from vines on the slopes just outside the appellation boundary, bottled