drawn from 160 barrels across multiple rickhouses
and made Saint-Cyr the largest organic domaine in Beaujolais
highlighting its vibrant tension and precision
He maintains an extensive library of reserve wines—52 different wines from 8 different vintages—creating a treasure house that allows him to craft cuvées of profound depth and complexity
we are afforded the opportunity to farm and produce Chardonnay from some of the most unique coastal locations in California
Domaine Saint-Cyr VdF Alien Blanc 2023 2025 L'Assemblage Part 1 drawn from 160 barrels acrossTwo thousand bottles, ninety year old vines, and no sulfur at any point: Alien is Raphael Saint Cyr's outlier, and he named it accordingly. It's Aligote, Burgundy's overlooked white grape, growing on clay in the Beaujolais and treated with unusual patience. The juice is pressed straight into old barrels without settling, ferments on wild yeasts, and then sits two full years on its lees in a reductive environment before bottling unfiltered. That long,