Brasserie des Voirons Chenin Blanc 2024 PURYEAR This 2022 displays the region's

This 2022 displays the region's signature elegance—pure red and black fruit aromas with subtle spice notes—balanced by sustainable viticulture and the young producer's careful hand

Clos du Roy is universally expected to lead the list

a hint of lemon zest) combine with chalky

with a delicately integrated peatiness

Brasserie des Voirons Chenin Blanc 2024 PURYEAR This 2022 displays the region'sYes, it says Chenin Blanc. No, it isn't wine. Brasserie des Voirons brews in the Haute Savoie hills above Lake Geneva, and their "vigneronne" series is the strangest and best thing they do: spontaneously fermented beer aged for months in old barrels on the grapes and lees of winemaker friends. Chenin turns up with its usual bag of tricks quince, orchard fruit, beeswax, a lick of honey but wrapped around a beer's grain and body, with a wild yeast tang