Rhône Valley
Oeillet Rouge(s) - 2023 - Nicolas Renaud
Clos des Grillons
A huge wine! Better than Calcaires! Yes, it’s possible. A nose of black fruit, spices, flowers... Palate: drinkability? Always! And when Grenache tastes like a great Burgundy Pinot Noir, it’s just crazy.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Vin de France
- Degree of alcohol
- 13.5 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2029
- rock’n’roll
80% Grenache Noir from nearly century-old vines planted in 1927, biodynamically farmed and planted on a unique limestone gravel and sandy soils, combined with 20% Cinsault from the Calcaires plot. Vines windswept by the mistral, requiring meticulous sorting after harvesting by hand. Natural vinification: 10-days of semi-carbonic maceration, aging for 6 months in barrels that have seen several wines. Bottled in March 2024, unfined, unfiltered, with a micro-dose of sulfur.
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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