Octave 2018 Lorraine the fruit sitting just beneath

the fruit sitting just beneath the surface

sulphur least of all

and when the winemaker has the patience to let the method do its work

black pepper and something close to incense

Octave 2018 Lorraine the fruit sitting just beneathOctave takes its name from the eight terraces its vines occupy on and around Mount Karvounis, and it is the most transparent wine in the Sous le Vgtal range: a gentle direct press, no skins, nothing in the way. Jason Ligas and Patrick Bouju farm these plots biodynamically on schist, quartz and limestone, rebuilding the slopes through permaculture and treating the vines with herbs rather than chemistry. Fermentation is spontaneous, in amphora and