Pierre Jean Villa, Saint Joseph Blanc Saut de l'Ange, 2023 Photo search under the Bécot family stewardship

under the Bécot family stewardship now led by Juliette and Julien

planted in 1942 and still dry-farmed and organic in Mendocino's Redwood Valley

It pours golden and fragrant—think grilled pineapple

cooler vintage that gave structured

Crémant d'Alsace is made the same way as Champagne

Pierre Jean Villa, Saint Joseph Blanc Saut de l'Ange, 2023 Photo search under the Bécot family stewardshipPierre Jean Villa is one of the Northern Rhone's most exciting modern producers, farming organically and making wines of real precision since he founded his domaine in 2009. 'Saut de l'Ange' is his top Saint Joseph white, made entirely from Roussanne grown on a dramatic plot perched at the edge of a cliff on schist and granite. Roussanne gives it a richer, more textured profile than your average white, with notes of pear, white flowers, honey and nuts