Samuel Billaud, Chablis Grand Cru 'Bougros', 2023 cellar created 4/9/26 One of Italy's most powerful

One of Italy's most powerful and age-worthy red wines from Campania's Aglianico heartland

with delicate tannins and a finish of bold precision

then given extensive bottle time before release

The classic Sicilian Amaro

Samuel Billaud, Chablis Grand Cru 'Bougros', 2023 cellar created 4/9/26 One of Italy's most powerfulBougros is the western end of the Grand Cru hill, the corner that runs down to where the Serein narrows below a flatter southwest facing terrace on top where the clay and marl deepen, and a steeper south facing pitch beneath it where the soil turns poor. Fifteen hectares in all, and the sun drenched corner of Chablis' seven grands crus: long in the mouth, elegant, intensely mineral, with a refined power that takes roughly a decade to unfold. Billaud