2024 Gaël Petit 'La Combe des Rieu' Tavel, Rhone, France La Grapperie on quartz and clay soils

on quartz and clay soils

Califorina

when we began

wild Cucharilla (Dasylirion) from the region

Brix at harvest: 18-21

2024 Gaël Petit 'La Combe des Rieu' Tavel, Rhone, France La Grapperie on quartz and clay soilsGals La Combe des Rieu is a Tavel whose intensity, complexity, and decisive sense of terroir have more in common with the regal reds of Chteauneuf than with southern Frances sea of generic ross. Behind the historic label lies a wine of class, depth, and substance, bearing a rich bouquet of wild strawberry, flowers, garrigue, and sweet spices, culminating in a long, stony finale. This is Tavel the way it was meant to be, validating the appellations