Domaine des Marnes Blanches 'Cul de Bécasse'

Poured into a small glass and sipped slowly, alone, while the room goes quiet. This is a wine for company that has learned patience. Its walnut-skin bitterness and bruised-apple oxidation taste like a memory turned over one too many times, fond and a little sad. It rewards a reader who doesn't need the plot to move quickly, only truthfully.