Domaine de Rapatel Vin du Pays du Gard Rouge 2020 columbia valley Nose with notes of Marasca

Nose with notes of Marasca

with 11 months on the lees

rose-scented Turkish Delight and rock salt

orange zest and a bit of biscuit

34% Trousseau

Domaine de Rapatel Vin du Pays du Gard Rouge 2020 columbia valley Nose with notes of MarascaDomaine de Rapatel is a fever dream. Grard Eyraud farms a vineyard first planted by his grandfather in 1904 in the rural est part of Rural Languedoc. His winery is an 800 year old barn built by long forgotten monks. He farms his vines without chemical additions and after one vintage using sulfur, he stopped using it entirely because he didnt like the smell. The winery is a maze of fiberglass tanks containing wine from any one of a dozen vintages he