Domaine Saint-Cyr VdF Melo 2023 Wine Club Chacra’s “Cincuenta y Cinco” comes

Chacra’s “Cincuenta y Cinco” comes from 1955-planted Pinot Noir vines in Patagonia’s Río Negro Valley

with vines planted in 1966 and 1986

Sebastian Beaumont farms one of Bot River's oldest cellars

El Inquilino ("the tenant") is the kind of bottle that turns a Tuesday into a party

Domaine Saint-Cyr VdF Melo 2023 Wine Club Chacra’s “Cincuenta y Cinco” comesThree grapes, one tank, layered in like a mille feuille. Melo is Raphael Saint Cyr's co ferment of Gamay, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from forty year old vines, stacked in alternating layers in concrete and left to macerate cold and carbonic for a couple of weeks. The white grapes fermenting alongside the red lift the whole thing, and the result is a light, translucent red built entirely for drinking rather than contemplating. It's farmed organically,