Rhône Valley
This is a delightful "vin nouveau" or a "primeur", meaning a very early bottling. Light nose, showcasing notes of crushed red berries, violets, and pink peppercorns. The palate is vibrant with a slight spritz, offering a thirst-quenching profile with fine tannins.
A blend of 65% Grenache, 30% Syrah, and 5% Cinsault, sourced from 50-year-old vines, cultivated organically and pruned in goblet shape on sandy soils with pebbles, gravel, and limestone silt. Hand-harvested and vinified naturally, this is a primeur wine, so very short aging period at low temperatures in concrete tanks until bottling at the Domaine in late October 2024. It is neither fined nor filtered, with only a micro-dose of sulfur added.
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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