Borto 2019 Vin Jaune Cinsault and Mourvèdre behind it

Cinsault and Mourvèdre behind it

Now Jean-Michel's son Léo tends and vinifies them

at La Pommeraye on the Mauges side of the Loire

Les Devants is the flagship red at Domaine de la Sarazinière

which makes this quietly a wine with three generations of Petit in the glass

Borto 2019 Vin Jaune Cinsault and Mourvèdre behind itBorto is the odd one at Ormiale, and deliberately so. Fabrice Domercq and Jasper Morrison introduced it as a micro cuve in 2018: half Cabernet Franc, half Merlot, destemmed by hand and raised in a rancio sec style, which means oxidative and dry rather than sweet. It runs to sixteen percent and still manages to taste crisp, which is the whole trick of it. Walnut and dried fig, orange peel, a spiced savoury depth and a finish that carries well past the