Clement Lavallee Irancy Rouge Cuvee Ephemere #1 2020 22BDX including bourbon barrels

including bourbon barrels

after a hiatus due to mixing in younger barrels to keep up with demand

The result is even more complex than previous releases

The Oubilée has a nose that is typically more tertiary straight out of the bottle

with 45 to 50% reserve wines helping to bring homogeneity

Clement Lavallee Irancy Rouge Cuvee Ephemere #1 2020 22BDX including bourbon barrelsClement Lavallee left home at 15 to learn winemaking, apprenticed at Chateau Margaux and Chapoutier and even Australia, then came back north to start his own thing. This is the first bottling in his "Cuvee Ephemere" series, one off, exploratory wines meant to capture a moment and a place. It's red Burgundy from Irancy, the cool, overlooked corner up near Chablis that's actually dedicated to Pinot Noir. Lavallee farms organically, ferments with wild