Rhône Valley
Nose: red fruits, like a little candy with a tiny smoky hint, very fresh and fruity. The palate is crunchy, with just a touch of weight, fine, easy-drinking tannins, perfect for a chill evening with friends, with a soft, smooth finish.
Blend of 40% Grenache Noir, 40% Cinsault, and 20% Syrah from 30-year-old vines grown organically and biodynamically, planted on the parcels of La Selve, Ribeyrettes, Palissaire, Rouvière Boissy, and Brugeas, with clay and limestone soils, right in the heart of the Ardèche garrigue. Hand-harvested and minimally interventionist vinification: total destemming, native yeasts, 20 days of maceration with daily gentle mixing. Pressing, followed by 4 months of ageing on fine lees in concrete tanks. Unfined, 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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Sulphites-free wine
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