Rhône Valley
Esprit Libre - 2023 - Nicolas Renaud
Clos des Grillons
A cuvée and an aromatic expression that are radically different for each vintage, which is a big success every time: a little fruit bomb, with flowers to boot. Palate: deep rosé, essential easy drinking glouglou wine for your collection, a great cuvée for natural-wine lovers.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Vin de France
- Degree of alcohol
- 13.5 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2026
- rock’n’roll
100% Cinsault from young vines from 5 to 12 years ols, planted by Nicolas and farmed biodynamically. Manual harvest and natural winemaking: 25% of the grapes ferment as whole clusters for a quick 6-day carbonic maceration, while 75% of the harvest was direct-pressed. Blending of these two juices and aging 6 months in stainless steel vats. Bottled in March 2024 at the estate, unfined, unfiltered, with just a micro-dose of sulfur during racking of the vats.
Nicolas Renaud
Nicolas Renaud is a thirty-something winemaker settled since 2007 just next to Tavel and Avignon. His adventure began in 2003 when Nicolas, a disciple of Eric Pfifferling of the Domaine de l'Anglore , decided to trade his career in public education for the hard but liberating profession of a vigneron. Formerly a professor of history and geography, he got trained into his new profession at...
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