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Domaine Sérol, Éclat de Granite 2024 Côte Roannaise
Thirst-slaking freshness in a red from Central France. From £15.50, $26.95. For a variety so maligned for much of the last seven hundred years, Gamay’s stock has taken a stunning...
Oliver Coleman
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