Domaine Saint-Cyr VdF Melo 2023 MARQUE A wine that keeps setting

A wine that keeps setting up an expectation and then cheerfully declining to meet it

built for ceremony and serious meals

From a protected microclimate at the foot of the Tourtine

but its red wines have always been classified as Volnay 1er Cru

Domaine Saint-Cyr VdF Melo 2023 MARQUE A wine that keeps settingThree grapes, one tank, layered in like a mille feuille. Melo is Raphael Saint Cyr's co ferment of Gamay, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from forty year old vines, stacked in alternating layers in concrete and left to macerate cold and carbonic for a couple of weeks. The white grapes fermenting alongside the red lift the whole thing, and the result is a light, translucent red built entirely for drinking rather than contemplating. It's farmed organically,