Santini Collective "Au Vin Rouge!" Vin de France, Burgundy, France 2022

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THE WINE: Chardonnay, pinot noir, gamay.

THE PRODUCER: Chris Santini comes from French and American blood, with roots in Tunisia, Corsica and the USA where he grew up. After years travelling and tasting with Kermit Lynch all over France he got the itch to start making wine and releasied his first commercial vintage from his friend Christophe Pacalet’s cellar in 2013. Since then he has moved to his own space in Auxey-Duresses, a hundred year old cuverie that has never seen commercial enzymes or yeasts. The focus is on producing “vins de soif” – wine made to quench your thirst and be consumed with fervor.

In an effort of mutual cooperation and development, they’ve also invited other young, like-minded producers to set up shop in their cuverie to allow them to make their own wines from their own sources, all while sharing equipment and exchanging ideas and positive energy. They call this added endeavor, begun with the 2016 vintage, “The Auxey Collective”.