2024 Gaël Petit 'La Combe des Rieu' Tavel, Rhone, France La Grapperie mineral-driven Chenin that opens with

mineral-driven Chenin that opens with air to reveal delicate white orchard fruit

This rare red from Les Champs Gains—a premier cru better known for its Chardonnay—is produced from old-vine Pinot Noir planted on shallow

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4 g/L dosage

wild Cucharilla (Dasylirion) from the region

2024 Gaël Petit 'La Combe des Rieu' Tavel, Rhone, France La Grapperie mineral-driven Chenin that opens withGals 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