Nicolas Faure VdF Merlot 2024 26REASONABLE A 50/50 blend of Cabernet

A 50/50 blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah from Renaissance Vineyard

herbal finish that lingers with intrigue

Le Colombier is Massaya's entry-tier red and the wine that introduced many drinkers to Lebanon

with vines planted on the region's famous deep gravels

It comes from a single vineyard planted in 1997 down in Castelnuovo dell'Abate

Nicolas Faure VdF Merlot 2024 26REASONABLE A 50/50 blend of CabernetA one man, hands off Burgundy operation worth knowing. Nicolas Faure trained at Domaine de la Romanee Conti and with Jean Louis Chave before building his own tiny domaine from scratch around Meuilley in the Cote de Nuits, farming organically and vinifying with whole clusters and minimal sulfur. This Merlot is a deliberate oddity: a Vin de France bottling from a grape you almost never see in Burgundy, made with the same low intervention, freshness