Christophe Buisson, Saint Romain Blanc, 2023 CHAMPCOUNT010725 Viognier rarely gets the orange-wine

Viognier rarely gets the orange-wine treatment

This is Nebbiolo at its most structured: wild rose and cedar aromas open into a palate of succulent red cherry

tropical fruit lift

Serious Alvarinho from the excellence territory of Monção e Melgaço—Portugal's northernmost wine region

all located mid-slope where the soils are thin

Christophe Buisson, Saint Romain Blanc, 2023 CHAMPCOUNT010725 Viognier rarely gets the orange-wineA pristine white Burgundy from one of the Cote de Beaune's most underrated appellations. Christophe Buisson is based in Saint Romain, the cool, high amphitheater of vineyards tucked in the hills behind Meursault, and works with minimal intervention: native yeasts, aging in older barrels, and bottling without fining or filtration. He owns parcels in the best Saint Romain sites, stony slopes beneath the village's limestone cliffs that would likely be