Bois de Boursan, Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rouge, 2001 so04102025Pertinace with a lift and elegance

with a lift and elegance that make it more than just muscle

picnics—or just having a beautifully crafted Burgundy that doesn’t need a special occasion

A Loire rarity

and the haunting persistence only legendary old Barolo delivers

Bois de Boursan, Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rouge, 2001 so04102025Pertinace with a lift and eleganceBois de Boursan is a small Chateauneuf du Pape domaine run on resolutely traditional lines by Jean Paul Versino, whose family came over from Piedmont and now farms more than two dozen old vine parcels across the appellation. The reds here are made the old way: whole cluster fruit, long maceration, aging in big neutral wood, and all thirteen permitted grape varieties in play, which gives the wine its classic warmth and aromatic lift. The 2001 was an