Stephane Ogier Cotes du Rhone Rouge Le Temps Est Venu 2023 bis-hidden Bright cherry stone notes cut

Bright cherry stone notes cut through the succulent fruit while melting tannins and mineral stone flavors build a harmonious

The young but able hands of young winemaker Adrien Dhondt work magic on the fruit from 40 year-old Chardonnay vines

crushed rocks

Located only a few hundred meters away from Les Manyes

deep delicate herbal tones

Stephane Ogier Cotes du Rhone Rouge Le Temps Est Venu 2023 bis-hidden Bright cherry stone notes cutLe Temps est Venu means "the time has come," and for Stephane Ogier it meant heading south. He built his reputation on the vertiginous slopes of Cote Rotie, then went looking for old vines in the southern Rhone, landing on Grenache and Syrah from Plan de Dieu and Visan, planted on clay limestone, with decades of age behind them. The fruit is hand harvested and sorted with the same fuss he applies to his top bottlings, which is emphatically not how