Il Censo Praruar Catarrato 2021Produced exclusively from Catarratto grapes grown on the Il Censo estate outside of Palazzo Adriano; vineyards are farmed organically and grapes are harvested manually, with harvest occurring usually in October; the grapes maintain contact with the skins for two to three weeks, the length of the maceration depending on the vintage; only indigenous yeasts are used during fermentation and no temperature controls are utilized; the wines is bottled with

Brachetto d’Acqui wine base

spritzy style

A lovely anejo

70 barrels produced

most are certified sustainable by HVE and others are certified organic and practicing biodynamic

François Bitouzet produces a beautifully textured Aligoté from a parcel that was planted above Meursault in 1975

While undeniably rich and stuffed with fruit

Vodka made from blue weber agave

Each cru is aged separately for 30 months in a mix of very large 40 to 75 HL casks of Austrian and Slavonian oak

it lasts until the wine is dry (under 2 grams of residual sugar)

This fades after time in the glass

It was at the Sazerac Coffee House on Royal Street where local patrons were served toddies made with Rye Whiskey and Peychaud’s Bitters