Les Cortis Teraxe 2023 042726OFFER then aged on the lees

then aged on the lees with weekly stirring to build a little texture without burying the fruit

I chose to treat these grapes as I would a Pinot Noir

What lands in the glass is crystal-clear and smells overwhelmingly of ripe purple plum

fruity nose of raspberry and cherry that carries through to a palate driven by red fruits and gourmet tannins

Les Cortis Teraxe 2023 042726OFFER then aged on the leesDrive northeast from Lyon toward Switzerland and the hills keep rising until they are full grown Alps. Halfway there sits Bugey, a mountain wine region that most of the world has never considered, which is precisely where Jeremy Decoster wanted to land after working for Chablis' Duplessis and Alice and Olivier de Moor. He and his wife Isabelle founded Les Cortis in 2016, farming biodynamically, working entirely by hand, making tiny quantities and