Domaine Adrien Berlioz Vin des Allobroges Blanc La Pepie 2023 douro Petit and Gros Manseng are

Petit and Gros Manseng are not related

liter-sized bottle of bright red fruity wine

this is a master-class

and the smell of a flower garden on the first warm day of spring

Domaine Adrien Berlioz Vin des Allobroges Blanc La Pepie 2023 douro Petit and Gros Manseng areAdrien Berlioz is among a small group of talented winemakers redefining wine from Savoie. As recently as the 1990s, growers in Savoie wanted only Jacquerre and Gamay made as cheaply as possible to serve at the local ski resorts. Never mind the potential of the steeper, smaller vineyards planted before the age of tractors. When Adrien Berlioz began making wine in 2006, there simply was no such thing as fine wine from Savoie. Now there is, because