Chateau Rocher Corbin Montagne-Saint-Emilion 2018 NO20230802 Maison Briottet has operated from

Maison Briottet has operated from its historic Dijon premises with a team of just eight people since receiving the French state's Living Heritage designation in 2018

Seventy-year-old Mencía vines planted on schist at 450 meters yield wines of remarkable purity and vibrancy

spices and quinine

Jesse Katz went the other way

spends 40 months on its lees

Chateau Rocher Corbin Montagne-Saint-Emilion 2018 NO20230802 Maison Briottet has operated fromRocher Corbin has been in the Durand family for four generations, and Philippe Durand farms its single ten hectare block organically on the highest hill in Montagne Saint Emilion. Up here the vines are old, with more than a chunk over eighty years and a rare patch of pre phylloxera Merlot said to be around 150. He works with a light touch: hand harvesting, wild yeast fermentation, minimal sulfur. The 2018 is mostly Merlot with Cabernet Franc, and it