Domaine Saint-Cyr VdF Melo 2023 core-no-restrictions What comes out is light

What comes out is light on its feet and crunchy

Passing Clouds is a sparkling cuvée of fermented gooseberries

Syrah and Tibouren from La Crau and Carqueiranne

above Milly

A richer and less bitter Aperitivo made across the Bay in Alameda

Domaine Saint-Cyr VdF Melo 2023 core-no-restrictions What comes out is lightThree grapes, one tank, layered in like a mille feuille. Melo is Raphael Saint Cyr's co ferment of Gamay, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from forty year old vines, stacked in alternating layers in concrete and left to macerate cold and carbonic for a couple of weeks. The white grapes fermenting alongside the red lift the whole thing, and the result is a light, translucent red built entirely for drinking rather than contemplating. It's farmed organically,