Unlike the non-vintage cuvees
with firm tannins and a vibrant acidity that lift the fruit
fruit-forward personality alongside the structured
more delicate and perfumed than Barolo but with the structure to age for decades
one of Piedmont's most storied houses (the family produced their first single-vineyard Barolo in 1961)
Petit-Roy, Bourgogne Rouge De Sousa, 2023 Wasenhaus Weiss 090924 Unlike the non-vintage cuveesSeiichi Saito, a Japanese winemaker of Chinese origins, studied at the wine school in Beaune before working with some of Burgundy's greatest names: Bize, Mugnier, Rousseau, and Leflaive. In 2017 he launched his own project on just 2. 1 hectares, farmed biodynamically. De Sousa comes from the oldest Pinot Noir in Les Lormes, in Pommard planted in 1949 on clay dominant soil, and named for the parcel's former owner. The wine is 100% whole cluster