Chateau Rocher Corbin Montagne-Saint-Emilion 2018 NO20230927 and the salt wind does

and the salt wind does the rest

with notes of vanilla and candied ginger

and beeswax give way to ripe cherry

sparkling profile

but is deceptively light and dry on the palate

Chateau Rocher Corbin Montagne-Saint-Emilion 2018 NO20230927 and the salt wind doesRocher Corbin has been in the Durand family for four generations, and Philippe Durand farms its single ten hectare block organically on the highest hill in Montagne Saint Emilion. Up here the vines are old, with more than a chunk over eighty years and a rare patch of pre phylloxera Merlot said to be around 150. He works with a light touch: hand harvesting, wild yeast fermentation, minimal sulfur. The 2018 is mostly Merlot with Cabernet Franc, and it