Roberto Henriquez Valle Del Itata Old Vines Rivera del Notro Blanco 2023 Grower Champagne Julien Prélat’s “Presle” is a

Julien Prélat’s “Presle” is a grower Champagne sourced entirely from estate Chardonnay vines in the Vallée de la Marne

and unmistakably itself

sweetened by overall softness

A serious Lebanese red that holds its own with the best of the southern Rhone

terroir-driven Bourgogne Rouge for not much money

Roberto Henriquez Valle Del Itata Old Vines Rivera del Notro Blanco 2023 Grower Champagne Julien Prélat’s “Presle” is aItata is where Chilean wine actually began, and until pretty recently almost nobody outside Chile knew it. Roberto Henriquez works with white vines here that are around a hundred years old Corinto, which turns out to be Chasselas, alongside Moscatel and Smillon farmed organically and biodynamically. The grapes are destemmed, fermented spontaneously with native yeast in concrete, then aged eleven months in concrete and old barrels. Nothing added,