Rhône Valley
Expressive, complex nose, evolving glass to glass, with notes of stewed red fruits, cocoa, spices, truffle, and a hint of wood. The palate is full, warm, fleshy, and dense, with perfectly integrated aging. Floral finish, all in finesse.
40% Syrah, 40% Grenache and 20% Cinsault from 45-year-old vines farmed organically and biodynamically, planted in the Ardèche garrigue on hillside parcels: Serre de Berty I & V and Serre de Brujas. Clay-limestone soils, between 117 and 135 meters altitude. Total destemming, berry-by-berry sorting with reintroduction of Cinsault stems, indigenous yeasts. 40 days of maceration in open demi-muids barrels with a few punchdowns at the start. 24 months of ageing in 228-liter barrels that have 1 to 5 wines. Unfined, unfiltered, 20 mg/l total SO2.
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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Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
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Minimal sulphites
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