Les Coutones comes from a steep parcel where the soil is so rich in clay that after the rain, it affixes itself to one’s boots. That clay keeps cool a site that otherwise faces abundant sun, a balance that allows its fruit a longer ripening phase. The result is full of finesse, the nose exuberant, yet restrained; unripened pineapple, clover, tangerine…full of zest that hints at summer, but remains fresh and green.