L'Aristocratte N.V 2Naturkinder Orchard fruit and citrus peel

Orchard fruit and citrus peel with a nutty edge

dress-code-optional Pomerol — made from a small parcel of 80-year-old Malbec vines blended with old-vine Merlot and a touch of Cabernet Franc from this storied right-bank estate

working vines he had already turned organic in the 1990s

rich and precise in equal measure: a creamy depth held in check by real mineral tension

La Belle Verte is the white counterpoint in Laura and Paulo's L'étranger range

L'Aristocratte N.V 2Naturkinder Orchard fruit and citrus peelL'Aristocratte would be a Macvin if the rules allowed it. Macvin du Jura is grape must arrested with marc, the spirit distilled from pressed skins, and the appellation is strict about that. The Rattes use both marc and fine du Jura, the fine being distilled from wine rather than pomace, and that second spirit puts them outside the rules. So it goes out as a vin de liqueur, which describes it just as well and costs it nothing. Sweet without turning