Sophie Schaal Pinot Noir 2024 Region_Curico with dramatic day-night temperature shifts

with dramatic day-night temperature shifts that help preserve acidity even in a warm Mediterranean climate

Marisa Bacher's plot sits on a hilltop in Monforte planted to old Dolcetto and Barbera

Pierre-Henri sometimes calls wines from parcels like this the "Petit Meursault" of the range

and are rooted in sandy loams over clay shot through with ironstone

it is an unusually credible entry point into one of Burgundy’s most famed names

Sophie Schaal Pinot Noir 2024 Region_Curico with dramatic day-night temperature shiftsThe Land Sophie Schaal is based in Hunawihr, one of the pretty hilltop villages between Ribeauvill and Riquewihr in the heart of Alsace. This is limestone and clay country in the foothills of the Vosges, whose rain shadow makes Alsace one of the driest, sunniest corners of France. Pinot Noir is the only red grape permitted in AOC Alsace, and on these cool, calcareous soils it takes on a Burgundian cast: red and dark fruit with acidity and lift rather