Irouleguy Rouge "Tradition" Domaine Arretxea, Michel at Therese Riouspeyrous 2022/23 jean-Batiste Ponsot It ages in steel tanks

It ages in steel tanks for a year

There’s a chalky note in the background that’s really appealing

It’s powerful

The soils are cultivated by light ploughing and sustained by natural compost

This is truly “heroic viticulture”

Irouleguy Rouge "Tradition" Domaine Arretxea, Michel at Therese Riouspeyrous 2022/23 jean-Batiste Ponsot It ages in steel tanksDomaine Arretxea, Michel at Therese Riouspeyrous, Iroulguy Michel Riouspeyrous is a native Basque. He met his Alsatian future wife Thrse while on a charity mission to Africa. On their return to France they got married and decided to start their own domaine by renting two hectares of vineyards. Domaine Arretxea (meaning the stone house) was born in 1989. Since 1993, they have eradicated the use of chemicals, pesticides, and any synthetic sprays in