The darkest, most brooding and structured of Elisa's cuvées, introducing elements of barrel ageing. 'Les Thorins' is a single 1.5 hectare plot of 60 year-old vines in Moulin-à-Vent, planted over a very specific soil type known locally as 'gorrha' - a dusty, iron-rich mix of decomposed granite, quartz sands and clay.

True to the expression of the cru, there is an elegant muscularity on display, with dark red fruits and spice intermingling over a rusty mineral streak. Despite a slightly cooler 2023, it nevertheless radiates power and density, with a rounded, silken mouthfeel. Everything to suggest that this wine will develop very nicely over the coming years.

Beginning with a 14-day whole-bunch semi-carbonic maceration in concrete, the grapes at the bottom of the tank being crushed under the weight of those at the top. Bearing the boldest structure of all of Elisa's cru wines, she carries out three pump-overs in this time. After pressing, 80% of the wine remained in concrete and 20% was transferred to old 220-litre oak barrels for 10 months of élevage, before bottling without filtration.