Verget Macon-Villages Terres de Pierres 2024 CS20230804 with the remaining balancing coming

with the remaining balancing coming from the house’s perpetual reserve

with a violet liqueur chaser

very dry sake with pronounced acidity & sweet-fruit tones

buttered toast and seashell

Verget Macon-Villages Terres de Pierres 2024 CS20230804 with the remaining balancing comingThe name tells you what matters: Terres de Pierres means land of stones. Verget blends parcels from Vire, Bussieres, Pierreclos and Vergisson to build a Macon Villages that leads with limestone rather than sunshine. The house was founded in 1990 by Jean Marie Guffens, the Belgian outsider who reset expectations for what the Maconnais could do, and it is now in the hands of Julien Desplans, whose resume runs through Chateau Palmer and Domaine de la