Jerome Bretaudeau Domaine de Bellevue Ornate 2022 NO GTIN Still produced in Pisticci Scalo

Still produced in Pisticci Scalo by the Vena family

whose wines routinely sit alongside Soldera

vines over 60 years old

Frederic farms around 1

fermented with native yeasts in stainless

Jerome Bretaudeau Domaine de Bellevue Ornate 2022 NO GTIN Still produced in Pisticci ScaloYes, this is Merlot from Muscadet country. Jerome Bretaudeau's Ornate is a wonderful provocation 100% Merlot grown on sloped granite with white and pink quartz around Getigne, a stone's throw from the Atlantic. Farmed biodynamically and aged in foudre, then bottled unfined and unfiltered with minimal sulfur. Don't expect a Bordeaux clone: this is a cool climate, ocean influenced Merlot, lithe and savory rather than plush, with the energy and salinity