2023 Nicolas Carmarans Fer de Sang

2023 Nicolas Carmarans Fer de SangFer de Sang: the name makes you think you're watching a gritty French movie, possibly starring Vincent Cassel as a violent drifter grifter. But no: this "Iron of Blood" simply gets right to the heart of the seriousness of one man's love affair with southwestern Franc's forgotten grape, Fer Servadou. Nicholas Carmarans' exotic bottling has become a cult sensation, found at Tokyo wine bars and Michelin starred restaurants in Copenhagen alike, and

We guarantee you’ll be getting high-fives and dropped jaws when you pop this show-stopper of an off-dry orange pet nat (what

snaking through the Alpine range

lemongrass and gooseberry

mushroom-based dishes (especially truffles) and soft washed-rind cheese

candied lemon

and a vague sense of freshly cut herbs

Elegant red fruits all over the place

From Domaine de Saint Pierre in the Jura

and take your time with

Emilio Fidora (who

and highly drinkable

this used to be so widely planted here in CA they called it “Napa Gamay