L'Aristocratte N.V 2Naturkinder rich and precise in equal

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

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

giving a white wine with the body and texture that only red grapes carry

and acidity that holds everything upright

Today this wine carries red cherry and wild strawberry fruit supported by a savoury thread and faint saline edge

L'Aristocratte N.V 2Naturkinder rich and precise in equalL'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