Beasts of the Southern Rhône 3-Pack

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Terres des Chardons Chardon Marie 2015

• Costieres de Nimes
• Syrah
• Terroir of galets, large river rocks
• Certified organic, biodynamic since 2002
• Native yeast fermentation
• 30 day maceration
• Low to no sulfur
• Blackberry, tar, iron

Chateau de St. Cosme Les Deux Albion 2018

• Côtes du Rhône, villages of Plan de Dieu, Saint Maurice, and Cairanne
• Certified organic
• 50% Syrah, 20% Grenache, 15% Carignan, 10% Mourvedre, 5% Clairette
• Schist soil
• Vineyards trained en gobelet
• 40 year old vines
• Whole cluster fermentation in concrete
• 6 week maceration
• Aged in concrete and wood tanks for 18 months
• Plum, strawberry, scrub brush

Domaine des Bosquets Gigondas 2015

• First mentioned as a vineyard site in 1376
• 65 acres
• 70% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 8% Mourvèdre and 2% Cinsault
• Converting to certified organic
• Native yeast fermentation
• 30 percent whole cluster
• Aged 12 months in oak, 6 months in concrete
• 94 points WA, 93 points WS, 91 points JD
• Boysenberry, violet, licorice

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