A&E Verset, Viognier, NV [2024] SO021226 Piero Busso and cool salinity

and cool salinity

producing ultra-traditional styles of Nebbiolo

represents the next generation of boutique Oregon winemakers

The 2021 vintage plays beautifully into that style

but best cellared 7–20 years for full complexity

A&E Verset, Viognier, NV [2024] SO021226 Piero Busso and cool salinityA rare white from the heart of Syrah country. Emmanuelle Verset planted this Viognier in 2015 in the lieu dit Tracoles on the plains of Cornas, land that historically grew apricots, and the fruit shows it. Bottled as Vin de France, it's a small production glimpse of the perfumed, fleshy side of the Northern Rhone from a sixth generation grower farming organically with cover crops between the rows. Drink it young while its floral lift is at its peak.