As a field blend, the grapes are hand-harvested when the grenache (70% of the blend) is at optimal maturity. The other varieties bring either ripe fruit characteristics or extra acidity and lift. The grapes are de-stemmed and spontaneously co-fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged for 12 months in underground concrete tanks. Very little sulfur is used throughout the vinification, and none is added at bottling. Anaïs Vallot crafts an incredibly fresh, friendly (and downright gulp-able!) single-vineyard Côtes du Rhône red from a field blend of six indigenous grape varieties that are all picked and vinified together from the contiguous vineyard that surrounds the winery. The vines are an average of 40 years old, planted in silty calcareous clay soil with limestone bedrock. The field blend consists of grenache, syrah, mourvèdre, cinsault, clairette, and bourboulenc, with spontaneous native-yeast fermentation and aging in traditional cement vats. Domaine Vallot Côtes du Rhône delivers a deliciously complex and intensely satisfying red Rhône wine that is among the finest examples of the type and one of the only single-vineyard examples. *Farming: Certified Organic and Certified Biodynamic
