2021 Le Clos du Caillou "Les Quartz" Côtes du Rhône, Rhône Valley, France

ABOUT THIS WINE

It is an atypical vintage, marked by climatic events that required many adjustments. Following a very mild winter, spring began with an episode of frost in the night of April 7 to 8 taking the young buds and slowing down the vegetative cycle of the vine. The season remained cool and then gave way to a summer marked by heat episodes as well as some precipitation including a nice rain in early August, which spared the vineyard from water stress. Finally, cool summer nights coupled with spring frost created a heterogeneous yield between plots but whose health status remained intact. In the autumn, however, the harvest was slowed down by major stormy episodes that led us to change our practices and make decisive choices to meet the requirements. of a very trying vintage. The result is fresh and appreciable young wines that make 2021 a vintage reminiscent of those of the 1990s, and with good aging potential. 80% Grenache, 20% Syrah.

ABOUT THIS PRODUCER

This vineyard is rich of traditional red variety, such as Mourvèdre, Syrah, Cinsault, Carignan, Counoise and also some white variety: Viognier, Roussanne, Clairette, Bourboulenc, without forgetting the Grenache, native god red and white. Grounds are worked in the respect of the nature, by regular ploughing without weedkiller and without chemical produce, using only phytosanitary treatment of sulfur and copper in a lower quantity. The domain was certificated organic wine in 2010 but was working in this way since the vintage 2000. In this same philosophy, since few years, one part of the vineyard is working in biodynamic agriculture way, in the goal to swing on the totality of the vineyard.