Jerome Bretaudeau Domaine de Bellevue Ornate 2022 NO GTIN Le Basalt comes from blocks

Le Basalt comes from blocks planted on volcanic basalt—the dark

Still produced in Pisticci Scalo by the Vena family

making it suitable for cocktails or as a spritz with soda or prosecco

whose wines routinely sit alongside Soldera

Jerome Bretaudeau Domaine de Bellevue Ornate 2022 NO GTIN Le Basalt comes from blocksYes, 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