Valdespino Quina Aperitivo Jerezano EARHARDT The maiden vintage of Gevrey-Chambertin

The maiden vintage of Gevrey-Chambertin Ergot marks an exciting new parcel for Jean-Louis Trapet—a lieu-dit adjacent to Premier Cru Petite Chapelle with limestone-free soils that yield distinctive character

which leaves a faint prickle of CO2 and a wine built on crunch rather than tannic architecture

The result is joyful and a little wild

His work in Cornas has put him at the center of the new generation rewriting what Northern Rhône Syrah can be

and Aux Ormes

Valdespino Quina Aperitivo Jerezano EARHARDT The maiden vintage of Gevrey-ChambertinBefore quinine ended up in tonic water, it went into wine. Quina is that older tradition: a Jerez wine base, fortified and steeped with cinchona bark and a cast of botanicals until it turns bittersweet and pleasantly medicinal. Valdespino's version comes from one of the oldest houses in Jerez and it tastes like it, with real sherry character underneath the bitterness, all dried fruit and nutty depth, and a quinine edge that snaps the whole thing back