Rhône Valley
Hermitage Rouge - 2023 - Dard et Ribo - Magnum
Dard & Ribo
A nose of fruit and freshness from a sick terroir!! Palate: smooth and fine, fruity and fresh, with notes of spices. A rare bottle, for sale in limited quantities!
- Size
- 150 cl
- Original features
- Sulfite-free
- Appellation
- Hermitage
- Degree of alcohol
- 12.5 %
- To drink from
- 2025 to 2037
- rock’n’roll
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100% Syrah. A blend of 3 plots: “Papi Fourmille”, a flat parcel with 80-year-old vines; “Varogne”, both flat and terraced in parts with vines between 25 and 70 years old; and “Thouet”, from a flatter area with clay soils. Natural vinification of whole bunches, with a small portion crushed to start the fermentation. Maceration for about 20 days, some punching of the cap, maturation in demi-muids and barrels, without new oak. Bottled without filtration, fining nor added sulphur between August and October, depending on the vintage.

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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