2024 Gaël Petit 'La Combe des Rieu' Tavel, Rhone, France Boisson-Vadot Minimal use of sulfites

Minimal use of sulfites

then held in bottle for years

Sébastien Chatillon

Vinification: Grapes are foot-crushed and macerated for about 3 days

2024 Gaël Petit 'La Combe des Rieu' Tavel, Rhone, France Boisson-Vadot Minimal use of sulfitesGals 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