Vins de la Madone Côtes du Forez Mémoire de Madone 2021 poderi-aldo-conterno with a second bottle demonstrating

with a second bottle demonstrating a tad more backbone but equally admirable

single clone

Aged 10 months in chestnut wood

The 2023 vintage carries particular clarity and tension

Lifted red berry

Vins de la Madone Côtes du Forez Mémoire de Madone 2021 poderi-aldo-conterno with a second bottle demonstratingIn his excellent Definitive Guide to the Wines of the Loire Valley, Richard Kelley explains that the regions basalt soils are considered the best, if rarest sites, producing more concentrated and age worthy Gamays. True to form, made from extremely low yielding of Gamay Noir, the wine from this site manifests a deeper register and structureif we were in Beaujolais, think Morgon. With a buoyant mix of darkly plummy fruit and velvety texture (the wine