Domaine Saint-Cyr VdF Melo 2023 Wine Club and it has decades still

and it has decades still in front of it

for grip on the finish

crafting structured and deeply mineral Champagnes

with vines planted in 1966 and 1986

El Inquilino ("the tenant") is the kind of bottle that turns a Tuesday into a party

Domaine Saint-Cyr VdF Melo 2023 Wine Club and it has decades stillThree grapes, one tank, layered in like a mille feuille. Melo is Raphael Saint Cyr's co ferment of Gamay, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from forty year old vines, stacked in alternating layers in concrete and left to macerate cold and carbonic for a couple of weeks. The white grapes fermenting alongside the red lift the whole thing, and the result is a light, translucent red built entirely for drinking rather than contemplating. It's farmed organically,