Frenchtown Farms "Poisson Pilote" 2023 Nerello Mascalese Field blends like this were

Field blends like this were once normal and are now nearly extinct

Because it carries no added sulfur

shot through with clay-limestone and sand

Lafite in 2025 appears to be exactly what Lafite should be: refined

Frenchtown Farms "Poisson Pilote" 2023 Nerello Mascalese Field blends like this wereThe Land Poisson pilote is French for pilot fish the small striped fish that swims ahead of sharks and this wine swims a little ahead of its region too. The fruit comes from Naggiar Vineyard in Grass Valley, in the Sierra Foothills of Nevada County, where Rhne and Bordeaux varieties were planted in the late 1990s on decomposed granite. Granitic soils drain fast and hold little, forcing roots deep and keeping yields low; foothill elevation brings the