Antoine Arena Patrimonio Rouge Morta Maio 2020 bdx Rochefort-du-Gard and Saze all fall

Rochefort-du-Gard and Saze all fall into the Signargues “villages” title of Cotes du Rhone that stands only for red wine

Drawn from a plot of white clay

and a whisper of salty saline

It smells of dried plums and raisins

There's a good sense of tension

Antoine Arena Patrimonio Rouge Morta Maio 2020 bdx Rochefort-du-Gard and Saze all fall100% Niellucciu from schist soils near the winery. Antoine, before he handed over the work in the winery to his sons, was a pioneer of the natural wine movement, simply because he never introduced pesticides to his vineyards, or cultured yeast to his ferments. This red made from a grape closely related to sangiovese is brilliantly lively, full of dark black fruit, but lots of earth accents, citrus peels, and dried spices, all in an elegantly buoyant