Maxime Francois Laurent Côtes du Rhône Blanc Pantomine 2023 Macon Physiological ripeness came at lower

Physiological ripeness came at lower sugar levels than a typical Lodi year

and riddled manually on a Gero palette

which began in early September

and in magnum this will evolve slowly and gracefully

and gone before you think to slow down

Maxime Francois Laurent Côtes du Rhône Blanc Pantomine 2023 Macon Physiological ripeness came at lowerThe Land Pantomine comes from a single, 30 year old parcel of white Grenache and Bourboulenc in Montbrison sur Lez, the same village at the northern edge of the southern Cotes du Rhone where Domaine Gramenon is based. The vines grow on clay limestone soil over sand, farmed organically by a grower Maxime Francois Laurent sources from directly rather than through his own domaine. It is Rhone geography at its most local: a single hillside a short walk