Medo Syrah 2021 Bugey FARMentation grows the vines naturally

FARMentation grows the vines naturally at altitude in Yunnan

farmed organically for more than two decades

the fruit sitting just beneath the surface

older vines on granite with good exposure

Medo Syrah 2021 Bugey FARMentation grows the vines naturallyMedo, , 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