Domaine du Cros, Marcillac Lo Sang del Pais, 2023

Lo Sang del Pais means "the blood of the country" in Occitan, and few wines wear their home so proudly. This is the everyday Marcillac — 100% Fer Servadou (they call it Mansois here) grown on the iron-red soils of the Aveyron in deep southwest France. Domaine du Cros, run by the Teulier family, is the appellation's biggest independent producer and a big reason Marcillac got its groove back. Bright, peppery and mineral, it's built to be drunk young and joyfully, ideally with a slight chill and a plate of something rustic.