Dalia, Splet, 2023 skurnik burgundy DI offer warmer Santenay-side soils

warmer Santenay-side soils

This is exactly what Muscadet should be—crisp

Saline minerality with chalky structure

this is a white wine that tastes like history and terroir in conversation

the wine reveals a bright ruby hue with garnet reflections

Dalia, Splet, 2023 skurnik burgundy DI offer warmer Santenay-side soilsHere's a wine that came out of left field for us and stuck. Dalia is the project of Kristina Luki, a Serbian winemaker who studied oenology in Udine, worked vintages from Chile to New Zealand to California, and eventually came back home to the Negotin Valley in Serbia's Timok region to make wines on her own terms. "Splet" means "blend," and here it's a juicy, food loving mix of roughly 80% Gamay and 20% Vranac one a Beaujolais classic, the other an