Domaine Pelaquie Cotes du Rhone 2022 PURYEAR La Landonne

La Landonne

despite still being early in her career

This is the house sparkler you keep cold at all times and never once regret opening

Legend meets muscle in Conterno's Barolo Francia

It is a very exposed north-facing slope

Domaine Pelaquie Cotes du Rhone 2022 PURYEAR La LandonneHalf the fruit here could have been sold as Laudun, a Cotes du Rhone cru in its own right Luc Pelaquie declassifies it into the house red instead. That's the estate in one move: a family that has farmed the limestone slopes around Saint Victor la Coste on the Rhone's right bank for centuries, and would rather over deliver quietly than chase a bigger name. The blend is a straight 50 50 of Grenache and Syrah, the Grenache bringing warmth and the Syrah