Valle del Condor Tannat 2023 NO20231018 and Orange Blossom Honey

and Orange Blossom Honey

a single-parcel Extra Brut that captures the chalk

partially vinified in barrel to add textural depth and toasty complexity to the clay-driven density and limestone-driven salinity

Tended in volcanic basalt at sea level

Pauline and Géraud Fromont's Marnes Blanches belongs near the top of the list — a couple who founded their domaine in 2006 fresh out of winemaking school

Valle del Condor Tannat 2023 NO20231018 and Orange Blossom HoneyTannat at high altitude in Salta, northern Argentina, where a young, sustainability minded estate is making one of the grape's most surprising versions. Tannat is famously dark and tannic, but in this dramatic mountain landscape Valle del Condor coaxes it into something softer, fresher, and fruitier than usual, balancing its muscular frame with altitude driven lift. The estate planted in 2014, made its first wines in 2017, and later built South