Alegre y Valgañón Viura 2023 f3 The small village of Saint-Bris

The small village of Saint-Bris produces a wine highly unusual for Burgundy

Uhlen Roth Lay measures only 4 hectares

The grapes are left until late in the season to achieve optimum ripeness

Intriguing wine for its warm aromatic envelopes and for the elegant spiciness that accompanies the sip

I remember opening one particular grossly mishandled bottle with nearly an inch of headspace

Alegre y Valgañón Viura 2023 f3 The small village of Saint-BrisThe fruit is from old bush vines from the Obarenes villages, Galbrruli (la Calera vineyard) and Fonzaleche (Bahiarra and Cara Santa Domingo), at around 600m altitude. Viura with 10% Garnacha Blanca. Very gently pressed, only 55% of the must is retained (4500 kg yielded just 2200 litres). A cool fermentation starts in vat and after a week continues in large French oak, where the wine stays nine months with weekly batonnage. 3. 1pH. A long lived,