Rhône Valley
Cairanne - 2022 - Marcel Richaud
Domaine Richaud
A deep purple color, the nose reveals ripe red fruits, chocolate, and spices. The palate offers volume, power, and richness, with soft, expansive tannins that are smooth and silky. The finish strikes a perfect balance between indulgence and elegance.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Cairanne
- Degree of alcohol
- 15 %
- To drink from
- 2025 to 2032
- rock’n’roll
A blend of various grape varieties and terroirs: 40% Mourvèdre, 20% Grenache Noir, 20% Syrah, and 20% Carignan. The vines, aged between 40 and 70 years, are cultivated organically on stony soils in the heights of Cairanne. Hand-harvested with an average yield of 25 hl/ha, this wine undergoes natural vinification. It is aged for 10 months, with 60% in concrete tanks, 30% in demi-muids, and 10% in large casks. Just a micro-dose of sulfur is added at bottling.
Marcel Richaud
Marcel Richaud, undisputed leader of natural wine in the Rhône, is based in Cairanne, an emblematic appellation where his estate is the emblematic estate of the appellation! The vast estate is composed of 60 hectares and yet, in the vineyard like in the cellar, the work is very, very rigorous. Long gone is the era when the Richauds would deliver their juice to the local co-op. By 1974, at just...
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