Rhône Valley
Saint Joseph Blanc "Les Champs" - 2020 - Dard et Ribo - Magnum
Dard & Ribo
An exuberant nose of jammy fruit, Mirabelle plum and incense. Palate: a dense, mineralesque juice, with lovely bitter notes and a lingering finish.
- Size
- 150 cl
- Original features
- Sulfite-free
- Appellation
- Saint-Joseph
- Degree of alcohol
- 14 %
- To drink from
- 2022 to 2028
- rock’n’roll
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A single-vineyard cuvée, a blend of 90% Marsanne and 10% Roussanne from a parcel that belonged to René-Jean's father in the commune of Tournon-sur-Rhône, planted with 70-year-old vines on decomposed granite. Only the top of the parcel is used for the cuvée. Traditional vinification, no additives, direct pressing, maturation in demi-muid barrels. Bottled without filtration or sulphur between August and October, depending on the vintage. A cuvée of extreme rarity: only 220 bottles produced

René-Jean Dard & François Ribo
René-Jean Dard and François Ribo, two famously reserved vignerons from Mercurol, north of Valence, founded their estate in 1984. Started from just a single hectare, the estate is today composed of 9 hectares of vines, with parcels in the appellations of Saint-Joseph, Crozes-Hermitage and Hermitage. The wines produced are always of uniform quality, with tremendous work put into their single...
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