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Mec Mortel Rouge 2022

Danis dans la vigne
Mec mortel is a 100% Cahors Malbec red wine, organic and natural, made by Danis Bessières of Danis dans la vigne. With a low alcohol content (11.5% vol.), it is a small-production red wine from the Southwest of France and classified as a Vin de France.

Vinification
Under the name Mec mortel, Danis Bessières makes his new wine every year, bottled immediately after vinification. Made from the Malbec grape variety, this Southwest wine is made to be drunk early. Its acidity gives it a certain longevity, but a new wine is not a wine for laying down and there is little point in keeping it.

Tasting
Mec mortel is a new wine, everything is in the description: fluid, light, fresh, easy to drink, "loaded with cherry" as Danis says. Deliciously fruity and crisp, lots of morello cherry. Summer wine, wine for pleasure, wine for friends, to be served chilled and paired with everything you like.

Learn more about Danis dans la vigne
Under the name Danis dans la vigne, Danis Bessières vinifies organic grapes from the family estate, the Domaine de l'Antenet, which was the first organic vineyard in Cahors in the early 1980s.

Organic and natural since 1983
Danis respects the principles established in the vineyard and cellar by his grandfather and then his father: making wines without additives, organic and natural, from local grape varieties while respecting the environment. It was in 1983 that his grandfather obtained the organic label Lemaire-Boucher, followed by Nature & Progrès and then the organic labels AB and Eurofeuille. Danis Bessières continues in this vein.

Malbec, but not only
Malbec reigns supreme in the Cadurcian region, but Danis also uses Cabernets, Jurançon Noir, Merlot, and recently created grape varieties, as well as Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Colombard as single-varietals. These experiments allow him to moderate the density and opacity of the main grape variety.

Ambre Dissolved Red 2023

La Tribu Alonso
Ambre Dissolved is an organic and natural red wine without added sulfites, made in Beaujolais by Cyril Alonso. It is a 100% Gamay grape made from several varieties of this grape and classified as a Vin de France. Its name alludes to the soft clocks painted by Salvador Dalí in his painting Persistence of Memory. According to Dalí, purple is the most harmonious of colors: it is also the color of Ambre Dissolved. A discreet allusion to the surrealist painter appears on the label.

Vinification
The Gamays from which Ambre Dissolve is made, grown organically, grow on a 3-are plot on granite soil with wild grass, in agroforestry and without plowing. Pruned in goblet form, they are four varieties of Gamay teinturiers (i.e., Gamays with black skin and red juice, giving a great density of color to the wine): Gamay de Bouze, Gamay de Troye, Gamay de Fréaux and Gamay de Chaudenay. Harvested by hand, the grapes undergo a five-day semicarbonic maceration, without a starter culture, and ferment with indigenous yeasts. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentations follow one another in fiberglass vats. No additives are added, no sulfites at bottling.

Tasting
Despite a short vatting period, Ambre Dissolved is a very sanguine, mineral, ferrous, slightly earthy and very rustic wine. The color is intense, the nose is spicy, the palate offers a beautiful texture. A very pure, balanced wine, offering a beautiful balance between fruit and minerality. To be paired imperatively with red meats: roasted, grilled, pan-fried, braised or cured. It is a beef wine. It will also appreciate Lyonnaise charcuterie and all regional dishes.

Learn more about the Alonso Tribe
This tribal name refers to Cyril Alonso, winemaker, his wife, naturopath, and their family. They take care, using organic farming methods, of a conservatory of traditional grape varieties from the Rhône-Alpes region located in Marchampt (Rhône), in the heart of the Beaujolais Vert region. This two-and-a-half-hectare ampel library, which has existed since 1952, contained forty grape varieties. It currently contains one hundred and forty. This unique location gives the Tribu Alonso wines their particular style. Instead of being single-varietal microcuvées, they are quite the opposite: wines by grape variety family, either a Chardonnay containing all the Chardonnays of the house or a multi-Gamay Gamay.

A biotope classified in 2008
The estate enjoys a unique ecological location: the house and the vineyard are surrounded by untouched forests, on the steep terrain of northern Beaujolais. Three rivers cross it, and the vines, close to the bedrock, capture all the minerality of the soil. Organic farming is practiced and the work, both in the vineyard and in the cellar, is entirely manual, without the use of any chemical additives or sulfites in the winemaking process.

The wines
Cuvées of co-plantation (and for good reason), the wines of the Tribu Alonso embrace all the complexity of their grape varieties and the viticultural history of Beaujolais. These are carefully crafted wines, made with great care, fermented and aged to the sound of Tibetan bowls, whose alpha waves are beneficial to the liquids. The vatting periods are short, to preserve the freshness and fruit, as well as the signature of the soil and grape varieties.

Chateau Roulant Red 20/21

Benoit Camus
Château Roulant is a Beaujolais red wine, organic and natural (Ecocert certified), made from Gamay. Classified as a Vin de France, it is produced by Benoît Camus at his Pierre Dorées estate, in the south of the appellation. Its name evokes the itinerant life once led by the winemaker, a former seasonal agricultural worker.

Vinification
The Gamay vines of Beaujolais grow on clay-limestone soils. The very steep plots prohibit any mechanized work. The harvest, carried out by hand, undergoes a three-week semi-carbonic maceration. The wine is aged in concrete vats for fifteen months.

Tasting
The Beaujolais wines from Pierre Dorées are structured, long-lasting, and beautifully fruity. Here, after admiring a bright garnet color, we find strawberry, raspberry, red cherry, and cranberry, with a beautiful acidity in the mid-palate giving way to a rich and voluptuous finish. Freshness and acidity, leather, earth, and some animal notes. Wonderful richness in the mouth that we will enjoy accompanying with cold meats and cured meats, poultry such as pigeon or duck. Or even Red Meats .

Learn more about Benoît Camus
You might think he's itinerant, with his vintages called "Château roulant" or "Vagabond", but for Benoît Camus, it's a memory of his previous life, when he was a seasonal farmer in the Rhône Valley and as far as Roussillon. Since 2003, he has settled in Southern Beaujolais, in the Pierres Dorées terroir, to make organic (Ecocert) and natural wines.

Nature before, nature always
Before purchasing his seven-hectare estate from an old winemaker, the vines had not yet seen pesticides or chemical additives. Many in Beaujolais worked this way. He made his first vintage in 2006, "natural without knowing it," he says. A brief attempt at chemical spraying to treat grape worm definitively dissuaded him from adding anything to the vineyard or the cellar. He acquired Ecocert organic certification and continues to make natural wines.

The Pierre Dorées terroir
The southern Beaujolais, with its clay-limestone soils, produces wines that are more structured and powerful than those from the granite soils of the North. This is the profile presented by the reds of Benoît Camus, natural wines that are straight, dense and long-aging, with good acidity and well-integrated tannins, not forgetting abundant, rich and seductive fruit.

Sans Pression Sparkling White 2021

Domaine Bois Moisset
No pressure, no constraints, no stress, but always good press, vinified to perfection and with precision. This is the lesson Bois-Moisset offers us through this natural sparkling white made from Mauzac (80%), Sauvignon Blanc, and Loin-de-l'Oeil grapes totaling the remaining 20%. The color is cloudy with straw nuances. With a touch of yeast and vanilla that adds to its lightness, it offers notes of white fruits (apple, pear, white peach), warmed grass, and red fruits on the palate (strawberry, raspberry). A touch cider, it is an aromatic and tasty sparkling white wine, a sparkling pleasure that is obviously suitable for festive occasions but which also deserves to be savored without occasion, pretext or excuse.

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The name of Gaillac, the region where the Bois-Moisset estate is located, in the hands of Sylvie Ledran and Philippe Maffre, has been associated with wines since Antiquity; it is the oldest vineyard in France, with two thousand years of history and an impressive ampelothèque of ancient indigenous grape varieties. It is also a region of dazzling beauty, nicknamed "French Tuscany" because of its gentle hills planted with groves and its almost Florentine luminosity. Many estates, along with that of Bois-Moisset, showcase this uniquely rich winemaking heritage. Along with a vineyard, this is an organic mixed farm that sells its lentil, sunflower oil, cereal flour, and grape juice directly. A herd of old local breed cows also thrives there, and guest rooms are available during the summer months. It is in this small rural paradise that natural wines typical of their origin and terroir are born, on fifteen hectares of boulbènes, gravelly and sandy-loam soils carried by the Tarn for thousands of years. The grape varieties are dominated by Syrah and Duras, but the ampelographic richness of the Gaillac region (braucol, prunelart, loin-de-l'œil, etc.) is also evident in the Bois-Moisset estate's vintages, which consist particularly of red wines with crisp fruit, concentrated but with smooth and delicate tannins.

Côtes du Rhône Villages Visan Rouge 2021

Les Grandes Serres
The Visan appellation is located in the north of the Provençal part of the Côtes-du-Rhône, in this enclave of the Popes, a small piece of Vaucluse embedded in Drôme Provençale. A land of hills, lavender, truffles, Aleppo pine, and vines that have held their AOC Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages designation since 1966. This is where the Domaine des Grandes Serres found the grapes from which this organic and natural cuvée from the Comics series is extracted, a fine and elegant wine strongly marked by red fruits, spices, and pepper. A wine for all occasions, produced from stony, clay-limestone, and sandy soils where, at an altitude of 600 meters and surrounded by forests, Syrah vines (98%) and a tiny bit of Grenache (2%) are grown, harvested by hand. The grapes are destemmed and undergo a cold pre-fermentation maceration. They are then macerated for three weeks on the skins, and the wine, after pressing, rests for six months in vats before bottling. Wonderfully drinkable and pleasant, from a terroir of great originality, deserving of being better known.

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Everyone knows where Châteauneuf-du-Pape is, but how well do we really know this appellation? The Domaine des Grandes Serres represents both its excellence and its vitality. The creator of exceptional estate and merchant wines, both red and white, he harvests, buys grapes, vinifies, and ages over a wide area, centered around Châteauneuf and the southern Côtes-du-Rhône, and including more peripheral areas such as Lirac and the Costières de Nîmes. In Châteauneuf-du-Pape itself, the estate owns twelve hectares. Founded in 1977, it has long been founded on respect for the environment and the terroir. Currently, a large portion of its vintages are organic and without added sulfites, although he does not publicly boast about it. Modestly, Samuel Montgermont, the estate's general manager, explains that the geological and climatic conditions, particularly the mistral wind, promote the health of the vineyard and allow for the elimination of inputs. Covering the entire range of white and red wines from the Midi and all their grape varieties, the estate is now committed to the production of natural wines under labels that take themselves in no way seriously, but the wines contained in the bottles - each bearing the name of its appellation - are solid and serious, in addition to being fresh and tasty.

VNR Vinel lo Rouge 2020,

Partida Creus
A supple and hyperfruity classic "à la Jura," an easy-drinking everyday wine with a beautifully fresh expression and notes of pomegranate. VN, Vinel·lo, is a particularly successful blend of native grape varieties: it consists of Samsó (Cinsault), Garrut (Mourvèdre), Trepat, Ull de Perdiu, Queixal de Llop, Sumoll, and Grenache Noir, harvested from predominantly limestone soils. Vinification is carried out individually according to the varieties. No filtration, no additives, no added sulfites.

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Partida Creus is an important estate, both from a winemaking and historical perspective—we're talking about the history of the vine in Catalonia. Massimo Marchiori and Antonella Gerosa, originally from Piedmont—and even from the Langhe region, where wine is well-versed—first pursued careers as architects in Barcelona. But the wine bug tickled them, and they soon abandoned the big city and its sophistication for the vineyards of southern Catalonia, in Bonastre in Baix-Penedés. There they found a number of abandoned vineyards planted with a dizzying diversity of traditional Catalan grape varieties, which they passionately revived to save these varieties—and their wines—from oblivion. For them, it's not just a matter of saving their heritage, no: it's a matter of taste and nature. Of natural wines, which they will never stop making from now on on these sandy, poor, clay-limestone or clay-gravel soils, poor and poorly irrigated, where the vines suffer to produce their best juice. Massimo and Antonella practice organic, biodynamic, entirely manual and natural viticulture in order to give new life to these wines. Vinyater, sumoll, garrut, monastrell, ull de perdiu, ull de llebre, sumoll, queixal de llop, cariñena, trepat, ceciat parent, maccabeu, parellada, pansé, vinel.lo, bobal, cartoixà vermell or xarel.lo: it is a true conservatory of the native Catalan grape varieties that Partida Creus cares for. There is also Moscatel, Grenache, Merlot and Cabernet (among others). Few wineries can boast of growing so many different grape varieties. The wines reflect this diversity, with winemakers striving to best convey the signature of the soil and the grape variety: single varietals are common among them, alongside very rich blends, all in the styles dear to Catalonia: still wine, "ancestral" sparkling wine, and even vermouth. The bottles themselves are works of art: bare glass, simply marked with two large stenciled initials that indicate the cuvée. The wines, fresh, vibrant, lush but always straightforward and impeccably juicy and fruity, breathe life. The arrival of a Partida Creus at the table always elicits cries of satisfaction.

Au Bon Secours Rouge 2020,

Babass
Sébastien Dervieux, Babass to his friends, is a warm-hearted character who practices the art of additive-free winemaking in the sweetness of Anjou. His vineyard is in Rochefort-sur-Loire, his cellar in Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay, and his headquarters in Beaulieu-sur-Layon. Through him, the work of the Hacquet family, pioneers of natural wine after the Second World War, is perpetuated, some of whose plots he has taken over. This legacy is expressed, among other things, in the Joseph-Anne-Françoise cuvée, whose appellation brings together the siblings' first names. The terroir is located on the last foothills of the Armorican Massif before the Paris Basin. It is a region of small hillsides; The Loire, very close, exerts a strong influence, as does the ocean, which is about a hundred kilometers away. The vines are neither too hot nor too cold. The particularity of this region is the schist, either degraded (giving clay) or not degraded in places. This terroir produces mineral wines, the climate of the wines rather "on the fruit" and moderately full-bodied. The plots are in a single block, planted with traditional Angevin grape varieties: 1.4 ha of Grolleau, 0.9 ha of Cabernet Franc, 1.2 ha of Chenin and 0.7 ha of Gamay. All the vines are cultivated in certified organic. The harvest is manual. In the winery, fermentation is natural and the wines are without sulfur or other additives ("apart from sometimes a few drops of sweat"). The red wines, including some single-varietal vintages, are macerated in whole bunches. The whites are pressed slowly in a vertical press. All the wines are aged in fiber vats and are neither filtered nor fined, simply racked if necessary and without abuse.
"My wine is the wine of a little guy in his little corner with his little grape varieties," says Sébastien modestly, who also declares that he makes grape wines, forged by the climate of the vintage, the terroir, the grape variety and his decisions (good or bad). His approach is not to distort this balance with magic powders that lead to standardization. His Cabernet Franc reds are round, peppery and fleshy; his Grolleau reds, pure fruit, are fresh and easy to drink.
This recent cuvée from Babass, without additives or filtration, is based on Gamays planted on schist terroirs in 1959 and 1960. After manual harvesting, the grapes macerate in whole bunches for about ten to fifteen days depending on the vintage. The devatting is manual, followed by slow pressing in a vertical press. The free-run and pressed juices are blended immediately, after which the wine is aged for five to eight months on fine lees. The wine is wonderfully gurgling, fluid and drinkable, fruity and crisp, with fresh acidity and a lovely aromatic palette of red fruits, earth and spices. A very fine Gamay.

Groll N'Roll Rouge 2020,

Babass
"My wine is the wine of a little guy in his little corner with his little grape varieties." Behind this good-natured modesty hides Sébastien Dervieux, Babass to his friends, a warm-hearted character who practices the art of additive-free winemaking in the sweetness of Anjou. His vineyard is in Rochefort-sur-Loire, his cellar in Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay, and his headquarters in Beaulieu-sur-Layon. Through him, the work of the Hacquet family, pioneers of natural wine after the Second World War, is perpetuated, some of whose plots he has taken over. This memory is expressed, among other things, in the Joseph-Anne-Françoise cuvée, whose appellation brings together the first names of the siblings. The terroir is located on the last foothills of the Armorican Massif before the Paris Basin. It is a region of small hillsides; the Loire, very close, exerts a strong influence, as does the ocean, which is about a hundred kilometers away. The vines are neither too hot nor too cold. The particularity of this region is the schist, either degraded (giving clay) or not degraded in places. This terroir produces mineral wines, the climate of the wines rather "on the fruit" and moderately full-bodied. The plots are in a single block, planted with traditional Angevin grape varieties: 1.4 ha of Grolleau, 0.9 ha of Cabernet Franc, 1.2 ha of Chenin and 0.7 ha of Gamay. All the vines are cultivated in certified organic. The harvest is manual. In the winery, fermentation is natural and the wines are without sulfur or other additives ("apart from sometimes a few drops of sweat"). The red wines, including some single-varietal wines, are macerated in whole bunches. The whites are pressed slowly in a vertical press. All the wines are aged in fiber vats and are neither filtered nor fined, simply racked if necessary and without abuse.
Sébastien says he makes grape wines, forged by the climate of the vintage, the terroir, the grape variety and his decisions (good or bad). His approach is not to distort this balance with magic powders that lead to standardization. His Cabernet Franc reds are round, peppery and fleshy; his Grolleau reds, pure fruit, are fresh and easy to drink.
A 100% Grolleau single-varietal red, without additives or filtration, from vines planted towards the end of the 1950s on schist terroir and vinified in whole bunches for ten days to two weeks depending on the vintage. After manual racking, pressing is done slowly in a vertical press. The free-run and pressed juices are blended immediately, and aging is short: five or six months on fine lees. Ideally served at 15°C, this is a wine that is not cold to the eyes or elsewhere, with a light color and a great freshness on the palate that gives the sensation of biting into a juicy and slightly peppery grape. A big favorite.

Casébianco Blanc 2020,

Domaine Casé
On the fertile clay-limestone soils of Val Trebbia in Emilia-Romagna, Alberto Anguissola founded the Casè estate in 1998. He first learned viticulture from the region's most experienced winemakers and finally embraced his passion by first planting a small amount of Pinot Noir around his grandparents' country house. Later, he bought fifty- or sixty-year-old vines abandoned by their owners and expanded the estate. The plots are located at an altitude of over six hundred meters and the grape varieties, in addition to the Pinot Noir and Marsanne that Alberto planted, are resolutely local: Barbera, Bonarda, Croatina, Malvasia, Ortrugo, Moscato Bianco… What motivates this winemaker is a passion for winemaking, but also for the kind of life and society that this model of traditional viticulture implies. He does not allow any chemical inputs, whether in the vineyard or in the cellar, and strives to keep the land as healthy as possible for nature and for man. Love for the local winemaking tradition plays a large part in his choices, for example the use of large wooden barrels for fermentation, a thousand-year-old technique that the historian Strabo had already described in the 1st century BC.

Casèbianco is a magnificent orange wine like the ones Emilia-Romagna and particularly Alberto know how to produce. Made from four white grape varieties (Ortrugo, Malvasia, Marsanne and White Muscat) planted on the same plot alongside red grape varieties (a common practice in the region), this wine is a superb expression of the soil and tradition: the ten-day skin maceration gives a surprising result, sweet and fruity aromas combined with pronounced floral notes and the dryness typical of orange wine. This nectar for the table awaits Italian or Mediterranean dishes, wild mushrooms, charcuterie and cured meats, spit-roasted rabbit with garlic and thyme.

Natural wine with no added sulfites.

Pécharmant Rouge 2018,

Domaine Le Barouillet
Pécharmant is the emblematic red wine of Bergerac, already drunk in the time of Cyrano and long before. Produced from clay-siliceous soils, it typically offers a dense, fruity profile, with notes of pepper and blackcurrant. Here, we have 60% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 20% Cabernet Franc, a traditional blend for the appellation. Vinification begins with a gentle whole-bunch maceration for twenty to thirty days. Half of the wine is aged in old oak barrels, the other half in stainless steel vats. After twelve months, the final blend is made, after which the wine is left undisturbed all winter in concrete vats. Bottling is done without fining or filtration. Everything is done to keep this wine supple and round in tannins, as well as its freshness. It is a textured, versatile wine. Serve at 17-18 °C.

Pairs with: Strong cheeses, Game birds, Game animals, Red meats, Roasted meats, Desserts, Grilled meats

Terre des Anonymes Blanc 2015, Domaine La Sorga
This 100% Colombard white wine comes from the basalt sandy soils of the Hérault Valley, in Adissan. The grapes are vinified in whole bunches for forty-five days, then macerated for eleven months in vats. Its mango notes give it a real affinity with Asian cuisine and seafood such as scallops, cuttlefish, or squid. Its aging potential is ten years.
Natural wine with no added sulfites.

Rosé Pinot 2017, Marie et Vincent Tricot
A cuvée of 60% direct-press Pinot and 40% carbonic maceration Pinot juice. A wine fermented and aged in 5-wine barrels for six months. Racking is carried out before bottling. A fresh and supple wine.
Natural wine with no added sulfites.

A light, highly digestible red, designed for immediate enjoyment. Radically Glou 2024 is an invitation to conviviality and sharing.

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With a free and natural spirit, Les Vignes du Fresche offers an unadorned wine where drinkability is paramount. The grapes are grown without chemicals and vinified gently.

The color is clear and brilliant. The nose opens with aromas of crunchy red berries, with a floral touch. On the palate, the wine is supple, fluid, with very few tannins.

Freshness dominates, making the tasting easy and pleasant.

Serve slightly chilled, perfect with appetizers, tapas or simple meals with friends.

With Tomoe Gozen Blanc 2023, La Tribu Alonso creates an inspired and profoundly original vintage, conceived as an homage to the first female samurai. Like this historical figure, the wine embodies finesse, power, and singularity. Made from a collection of 28 Chardonnays, this white wine reveals a rare complexity, shaped by a bold vision and an artisanal approach to natural wine.

The grapes are grown without any synthetic products, respecting the living balance of the vineyard. In the cellar, vinification relies solely on indigenous yeasts, without inputs or artificial additions, to allow the identity of the vintage and the terroir to fully express itself. The 16-month aging in Sauternes barrels adds an extra dimension to the wine, enriching its aromatic palette and texture.

In the glass, the golden, slightly hazy color indicates a living and unfiltered wine. The nose opens with great complexity, blending aromas of white flowers, honey, and undergrowth, enhanced by an elegant smoky touch. The influence of the barrels is subtly discernible, bringing depth and relief without masking the freshness of the fruit.

On the palate, the texture is full, silky, and structured. The wine unfolds an aromatic richness where floral and honeyed notes intertwine with woody and slightly toasted nuances. A beautiful tension balances the whole, offering a persistent finish that is both warm and refined.

Tomoe Gozen Blanc 2023 pairs perfectly with aged cheeses, whose complexity it highlights, but also with spicy dishes, thanks to its roundness and aromatic depth.

With this vintage, La Tribu Alonso confirms its free and inspired approach, giving birth to a unique natural wine, rich in history and emotion.

Vin paillé Red 2012

Marie and Vincent Tricot

Marie and Vincent Tricot's Vin de paille is undoubtedly a curiosity: it's a sweet wine made from 100% Auvergne Gamay, entirely organic and natural, made like a Vin de paille from the Jura. The harvest is dried on straw in an attic before pressing. We're not used to Gamay vinified this way, or even red wine vinified this way.

It's an experiment, but the result more than justifies the boldness. Drying on straw concentrates the sugar in the grape berries and accentuates the flavors. Only a drop remains in each berry, but what a drop! Sweet, caressing, syrupy, complex, this Vin de paille is a delight. Its color is not a pure red but an amber, and the nose is a veritable basket of slightly jammy fruits: plum, prune, raisins, strawberry. It is possible that a refermentation takes place in the bottle, which can give a sparkling attack to this wine, but it disappears quickly. On the palate, a delicious sweetness, lots of strawberry and pleasantness. Very easy to drink.

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Among the generation of Auvergne winemakers who, at the dawn of the 21st century, are resurrecting the vineyards of this beautiful volcanic province of the Massif Central in organic and natural ways, Marie and Vincent Tricot are pioneers, and their name is well known to those who have long loved natural wine. After a varied winegrowing journey that took them from Beaujolais to Chile and from Chile to Costières-de-Nîmes, they landed in Auvergne, at the foot of the Puy de Dôme, in the commune of Orcet where they took over Claude Prugnard's vineyard, a land that had not seen the slightest chemical input for around thirty years. The estate is located on a hillside, on the left bank of the Allier, in a volcanic clay-limestone area neighboring the vineyards of Châteaugay, Chanturgue and Corent. They acquired it in 2003 and, since then, have been making wines from Auvergne Gamay, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, with a little Sauvignon Blanc and Muscat. These rare and sought-after wines are mainly sold directly. They have a straight and flamboyant profile, and express themselves with as much character as simplicity.

Côtes du Rhône Red 2022

Les Grandes Serres

This Côtes-du-Rhône from Domaine des Grandes Serres is what its name implies: an organic and natural red wine from the lower Rhône Valley, in the AOC-AOP Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages. It is part of the estate's "Comics" natural series (see label).

Vinification

The Côtes-du-Rhône from Domaine des Grandes Serres is made from 80% Syrah, with 5% of each of the following grape varieties: Grenache, Mourvèdre, and Cinsault, all grown on limestone and sandstone soils. The harvest is manual, the grapes are destemmed and macerated on the skins for three weeks. After pressing, the wine rests for eight months in stainless steel vats.

Tasting

A good, dense, indulgent, and fruity Côtes-du-Rhône, without the slight bite of sulfites, does that tempt you? This Côtes-du-Rhône is part of the estate's organic and natural "Comics" series and will always be perfect when you want a warm, fruity red wine suitable for all occasions.

Learn more about Domaine des Grandes Serres

Domaine des Grandes Serres, created in 1977 with respect for the environment and the terroir, represents the excellence and vitality, in organic and natural mode, of the prestigious Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation, where it covers 12 hectares. To make his estate and merchant wines, he harvests, buys grapes, vinifies, and ages them over a wide area, centered around Châteauneuf and the southern Côtes-du-Rhône, extending to areas such as Lirac and the Costières de Nîmes.

An organic commitment without ostentation

A large portion of the Domaine des Grandes Serres vintages are organic and without added sulfites, although the estate does not publicly boast about it. Modestly, Samuel Montgermont, the estate's general manager, explains that the geological and climatic conditions, particularly the mistral wind, promote the health of the vineyard and allow for the elimination of inputs. While the labels don't take themselves seriously, the wines are solid, fresh, and flavorful.