Philippe Viret Vin de France Blanc 'Horus' 2024 Size:750ml This cuvée—Bonville’s only wine which

This cuvée—Bonville’s only wine which sees oak—spends eight months aging in used barrels before being bottled for its secondary fermentation

orange-y pink

it may remind one of a serious Chinon

the “voile” appears and the wine is left for at least seven years to age in barrel before being declared “Vin Jaune” and being bottled

and for a briefer stint than its big brother

Philippe Viret Vin de France Blanc 'Horus' 2024 Size:750ml This cuvée—Bonville’s only wine whichPhilippe has been producing skin macerated white wines in amphorae since way back in 2005, and Horusafter the ancient Egyptian sky godis a blend of Grenache Gris, Vermentino, Viognier, Muscat dAlexandrie, and the obscure Aranel, planted in pebbly limestone. He ferments it half in amphorae built by a local artisan and half in steel, keeping the wine on its skins for six months, after which point it is pressed and returned to said vessels for another