A lively and fresh wine from the right bank in Bordeaux. It is lifted on the palate, with bright red fruit followed by spicebox, and peppercorn. Lovely texture from tannins and bright acidity. The cepage is 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc.

Château Falfas is one of the four great crus of Bordeaux’s Côtes de Bourg. Rebuilt in 1612 on foundations that date back to the Hundred Years’ War, this historic château is situated on the Right Bank of the Gironde River, amid picturesque slopes and hillsides that far outshine the flats of the famous Médoc across the river. Véronique Cochran farms 20 hectares of Merlot, Cabernet, Cabernet Franc, and Malbec on the pedigreed calcaire à astéries, clay, and silica soil over a deep limestone bedrock of fossilized oysters—the classic combination for growing great wines in Bordeaux. Véronique, along with her now-deceased husband, John, began farming biodynamically in 1988, which stands to reason: she is the daughter of biodynamic pioneer, researcher, author, and viticultural consultant François Bouchet.