Domaine Laballe Les Terres Basses Côtes de Gascogne 2024

Domaine Laballe Les Terres Basses Côtes de Gascogne 2024The Laudet family has been making Armagnac since 1820. The wine thing came later, around the 1980s. Cyril is the eighth generation now, planting resistant grapes, messing around with agroforestry, generally shaking things up while keeping the old ways intact. He has a whole "Armagnac is back" thing going (like Nate with Bordeaux), which is fun. This comes from the "Sables Fauves," those tawny soils in the Landes that give everything grown there a

It’s bright

and it grows lighter

Sometimes you need a little Chianti

creating a micro-climate of heavy rainfalls

he fell hard for biodynamics and natural wine

Rich yellow and white fruits

They've built a whole universe around the idea that Canadian wine can be world-class

They're the real deal

things are getting warmer

We know you have self-control

planted in parral

Soaked tea-bag