Domaine Santa Duc Famille Gras Cotes-du-Rhone Rouge Vieilles Vignes 2021

Domaine Santa Duc Famille Gras Cotes-du-Rhone Rouge Vieilles Vignes 2021Domaine Santa Duc Famille Gras Cotes du Rhone Rouge Vieilles Vignes 2021

with a higher clay content in the subsoil

this wine captures the house’s signature elegance and attention to detail — a true reflection of Volnay’s finesse in a humble appellation

and a faint smoky nuance

Finishes very long and smoky

benefit from a unique terroir where a thin layer of clay gives way to outcropping chalk

followed by additional aging in the bottle to enhance its complexity

There's even a lick of wet stone to finish

and the finished wines are typically bottled with about 20 parts per million of free sulfur

precise finish that's given shape by delicate

Barolo DOCG 2020 from Azienda Agricola Demarie is a testament to the noble winemaking traditions of Vezza d'Alba

and the vines are planted in fertile soils

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