Bright ruby with glints of garnet, this mountain-grown Pinot Noir is as elegant as it is expressive. The nose offers lifted aromas of red cherry, wild strawberry and rose petal, layered with gentle spice and a touch of forest floor. On the palate, it’s supple and finely structured with silky fruit balanced by fresh acidity and a subtle mineral thread that speaks of its cool-climate origins. Refined, vibrant and quietly seductive, it’s Pinot with both polish and soul.

For when: the playlist’s mellow and dinner’s home-cooked but perfect.
Pairs with: duck breast, mushroom risotto or roasted beetroot salad.
If this wine were a person, it’d be the one who always says less but means more.

Nestled high in the Haute Vallée de l’Aude in Limoux, Domaine d’Altugnac is a benchmark for cool-climate winemaking in southern France. The estate’s elevated vineyards, planted on limestone and clay soils strewn with ancient marine fossils known as turitelles, yield fruit of remarkable purity and balance. Farmed sustainably and vinified with minimal intervention, the wines retain a natural freshness rarely found this far south. The 2022 Pinot Noir ‘Turitelles’ embodies this philosophy, a poised, mountain-born expression that bridges Burgundian finesse and Languedoc vitality.