If you like Bordeaux with real character—and a little less château-in-the-sky gloss—this is a smart pick
vanilla and wheat overwhelm the nose but the finish is smooth and subtle
The 2023 vintage is especially vibrant
but already humming with layered complexity if you choose to open it with a long decant
Grown just four miles from the Pacific
La Ferme de Jeanne, Bugey Gamay, 2022 Win Back Winter 2020 If you like Bordeaux withLa Ferme de Jeanne makes easygoing, soulful wines in Bugey, a tiny Alpine region tucked between Jura and Savoieand this 2022 Gamay is pure chillable red gold. Its got all the juicy raspberry and cherry fruit youd want from Gamay, but with a streak of mountain air: herbal, peppery, and a little bit wild. Light bodied, low alcohol, and so fresh youll want to drink it with a slight chilleven straight from the bottle (we wont tell). Its picnic wine,