Lacoste Borie Pauillac 2018 2025 L'Assemblage Part 1 A favorite summer sipper in

A favorite summer sipper in the South of France

and he still does the cellar work himself

notes of stewed cherris and orange zest on the palate with a savory finish" great for richer dishes like duck or miso marinated black cod

It's the lively

she farms biodynamically — pendulums and all — and ferments with wild yeasts in both vin clair and the bottle

Lacoste Borie Pauillac 2018 2025 L'Assemblage Part 1 A favorite summer sipper inLacoste Borie is the second wine of Chteau Grand Puy Lacoste, the Pauillac Fifth Growth owned by the Borie family (same family behind Ducru Beaucaillou in Saint Julien). It's made with the same care as the grand vin long vatting, French oak but with a higher proportion of Merlot and younger vines, which makes it earlier drinking and approachable. 2018 was a generous, ripe Bordeaux vintage, and Lacoste Borie shows the charm of the year: dark berry