Mersel Phoenix Skin Contact Merwah Lebanon 2023 Savennieres La Roche aux Moines violet and botanicals

violet and botanicals

hints of cream and spice and a dense

A fine and balanced white

Juicy and flavorful

Mersel Phoenix Skin Contact Merwah Lebanon 2023 Savennieres La Roche aux Moines violet and botanicalsThis "Phoenix" skin contact cuve is made from such centenarian vines. It's organically farmed, own rooted, and planted on sandy volcanic soils in the cooler climate Wadi Qannoubine Valley at 1300 meters above sea level. This is an area where many of the vineyards went untended for decades due to war, land mines, and people simply leaving the country. Three weeks on the skins in a mix of steel and amphora, it's lightly orange in color but retaines