2020 Rouchier Saint-Joseph La Chave, Rhone, France Jouan From the famous South facing

From the famous South facing slope vineyard

A flor formed

roasted nut quality of Larkmead pokes through quickly though placing this wine stylistically in more of a classic era of California wine

Marolo Grappa et Camomile 375 ml

After a 5 year hiatus

2020 Rouchier Saint-Joseph La Chave, Rhone, France Jouan From the famous South facingChave is a 1 hectare lieu dit planted with vines dating to 1958. With Western exposition, Chave lies on soil dominated by granitic gneiss. Whole cluster fermentation in concrete over indigenous yeasts, punctuated with pigeage (punching down) and remontage (pumping over). The young wine is then aged over for 16 18 months in neutral (5 9 years) oak barrels of 228L . The finished wine is then bottled unfiltered and entirely without SO2