Medo Syrah 2021 Bugey with no sulphur added at

with no sulphur added at any stage

and gentle extraction in the cellar kept it lifted

in the old heart of the Coteaux du Layon

and set about restoring its volcanic slopes with permaculture

leaving a trail of faint herbal bitterness

Medo Syrah 2021 Bugey with no sulphur added atMedo, , means little flower in Tibetan, and Yuchen named this wine for a village elder in Luwa who helped plant the first vines here nearly two decades ago. Luwa sits at around 2,560 metres on the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau, among the highest Syrah vineyards anywhere, where long cold winters give way to short, cool summers and the temperature swings hard between day and night. That rhythm lets the fruit ripen slowly and hold its acidity, deep