Brasserie des Voirons Sapin 2024 web-unpublished It’s one of those wines

It’s one of those wines that can be a big crowd pleaser but also capture someone deeply vested in this part of the wine world

the finish runs long and energetic

These Viuras live directly on the Tertiary soil

The benchmark crème de cassis

and it will hold in the cellar for years if you have the patience

Brasserie des Voirons Sapin 2024 web-unpublished It’s one of those winesIt tastes like a walk through an alpine forest, which given where it's made is entirely the point. Sapin means fir, and Brasserie des Voirons brews this one with fir buds gathered in the mountains around Lucinges, high above Lake Geneva. The buds bring resin, citrus and a cool green note, something like gin's pine forward cousin, riding on a beer that's been long fermented and aged for months in old barrels. Dry, tangy, savory and weirdly refreshing,