Dalia, Splet, 2023 skurnik burgundy DI offer Saline minerality with chalky structure

Saline minerality with chalky structure

This is exactly what Muscadet should be—crisp

brooding intensity of their flagship bottlings from heritage vineyards

Frapin’s “1270” Cognac is named in honor of the family’s long history in the region—it dates back over 20 generations—and it’s made entirely from estate-grown Ugni Blanc in the Grande Champagne 1er Cru zone

the wine reveals a bright ruby hue with garnet reflections

Dalia, Splet, 2023 skurnik burgundy DI offer Saline minerality with chalky structureHere's a wine that came out of left field for us and stuck. Dalia is the project of Kristina Luki, a Serbian winemaker who studied oenology in Udine, worked vintages from Chile to New Zealand to California, and eventually came back home to the Negotin Valley in Serbia's Timok region to make wines on her own terms. "Splet" means "blend," and here it's a juicy, food loving mix of roughly 80% Gamay and 20% Vranac one a Beaujolais classic, the other an