Rhône Valley
Azé - 2023 - Cros des Calades
Florence & Benoît Chazallon
Floral, fruity nose, the carbonic maceration shows right away, lifted by a hint of sanguine character and a lovely note of raspberry jelly. The palate is fluid, fresh, easy to drink. Absolutely killer for the price!
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Designation
- Méditerranée IGP
- Degree of alcohol
- 13.5 %
- To drink from
- 2025 to 2028
- rock’n’roll
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50% Grenache Noir, 30% Syrah and 20% Cinsault, from vines averaging 30 years of age, organically farmed and planted across 5 different estates in the southern Rhône Valley, from the Drôme to the Gard via the Ardèche. A meticulous parcel selection and long-term, close relationships with the growers. Low-intervention winemaking: indigenous yeasts, 20 days of infusion in stainless steel vats with daily dynamisation, pressing, 6 months of aging in stainless steel. Unfined, unfiltered, total SO2 30 mg/l.

Florence et Benoît Chazallon
Florence and Benoît Chazallon, partners in life and in the vines, run Château de la Selve, a 13th-century estate in Grospierres, Ardèche. Benoît was almost destined to become a winemaker, coming from the great Rhône Valley family of growers, the Delas. He spent much of his teenage years among the vines and cellars of the Rhône. Florence is an oenologist, and together they took over this family...
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