Deuzmons de Minuit 2023 Domaine Houillon Michael Völker and Melanie Drese

Michael Völker and Melanie Drese work at Kitzingen on vines that have been organic since the 1990s

No disgorgement

Laurent Roger of Mataburro was one of the people who learned alongside him

combining phenolic ripeness with fresh acidity — a result of a growing season that balanced warm days with favourable night-time cooling

Daisy Merrick and Antoine Lucchesi work out of Eckelsheim in Rheinhessen with four hectares of their own and fruit bought from organic and biodynamic growers

Deuzmons de Minuit 2023 Domaine Houillon Michael Völker and Melanie DreseTen percent alcohol, which tells you most of what you need to know about how this drinks. Grgoire and Judi Perron farm at Journans on the edge of the Bugey, two and a half hectares split over more than twenty parcels, many of them only a few rows wide. Grgoire is self taught and works with nothing added at all, sulphur very much included. This sits at the lightest end of what a red can be: pale, crunchy, red fruited and peppery, with tannins that