Rhône Valley
Crozes Hermitage Rouge - 2023 - Dard et Ribo
Dard & Ribo
An eminently drinkable Syrah, delicious and generous... Palate: freshness, finesse, fruit, and a finish with notes of spice.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Sulfite-free
- Appellation
- Crozes-Hermitage
- Degree of alcohol
- 12.5 %
- To drink from
- 2025 to 2031
- rock’n’roll
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100% Syrah. Grapes from a 2.2-ha parcel known as Les Bâties, composed of 30-year-old vines grown on clay, facing southwest on a gentle slope. Vinification is traditional with whole cluster grapes, with a small portion crushed to help start the fermentations. Maceration for 12 days, without additives, with a little punching down of the cap, maturation in demi-muids and barrels that have seen several wines. Neither fined nor filtered, bottled without sulphur between August and October depending on the cuvée.

René-Jean Dard & François Ribo
René-Jean Dard and François Ribo, two famously reserved vignerons from Mercurol, north of Valence, founded their estate in 1984. Started from just a single hectare, the estate is today composed of 9 hectares of vines, with parcels in the appellations of Saint-Joseph, Crozes-Hermitage and Hermitage. The wines produced are always of uniform quality, with tremendous work put into their single...
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