Mickael Bourg, Cornas 2022

Old vines Syrah that was fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged for 15 months in barrique before bottling. This is a full-bodied, powerful red wine to enjoy with duck confit and a potato gratin.

Mika is the l'enfant terrible of Cornas.  He spent his youth rambling around the steep slopes of the hill, having a puff in the ramshackle vineyard huts and gazing out over the city below. Cornas is in his blood. He learned winemaking from Matthieu Barret (after working for a few years as a mechanic), with whom he apprenticed. Barret helped him get started making his own wines in 2006. Over the years he's cobbled together roughly 1.5 hectare of vines in the Cornas and Saint Peray AOCs. He began with just a half hectare of land. Some rows are located on plots so extremely steep even a nimble horse can't pull the plow, so he attaches himself to the hill with a cable to pick.