2019 Domaine François Villard Cornas "Jouvet", Rhone Valley, FranceABOUT THIS WINE 100% Syrah. 15 Year old vines in decomposed quartz granite. 10 day maceration in open wood and stainless steel tank. Aged 18 months in barrels (5 7 years old). ABOUT THIS PRODUCER Francois Villard was not born into wine; he started out his career as a chef. He grew up between Vienne and Grenoble, in the French countryside. He made his first Condrieu in 1991, a whopping 400 bottles. Today makes wine from 64 hectares, of which he owns 40

offering an elegant look with exceptional clarity

with brisk acidity and a lingering

emphasizing specificity of terroir

Indeed of all our Burgundy partners

Yields are kept extremely low

And his Barolos were just as firmly rooted in local traditions as were the late Mascarello’s

certain oenologists claiming this very region to be its origin

as any contact between the young wine and the air must be avoided

making it one of the most celebrated wines in the Loire Valley

gently whole cluster pressed and cold-fermented in stainless steel fermenters

Fermented with 20% whole clusters and indigenous year in Oak roll-fermentor of 600L and 50% stainless-steel tanks

slowing shoot growth and contributing to low yields and small berries