Romain Le Bars Roussanne VDF 2022

Country: France 
Region: Rhone Valley
Grape: Roussanne
Colour: White
Bottle Size: 75cl 
Bottle Weight: 1330g
Alcohol: 12%
Vintage: 2022

Romain runs a tiny 1.5 hectare estate in Gard, in the southern Rhône region. Since his first vintage in 2018 he has slowly acquired more land, meaning there is more wine available for us. Romain spent 7 years working with winemaker Eric Pfifferling at Domaine de L’Anglore, prior to that assisted Matthieu Vallée at Château Yvonne. Romain works, mostly, with Carignan, Grenache and Syrah, and vinifies in old wood using little to no sulphur. His wines are about drinkability and he is really showing mastery of carbonic maceration. Incredible and extremely limited wines, from a rising star in the South of France.

FARMING & WINEMAKING NOTES

After a very short maceration on the skins, the juice is fermented in stainless steel where it undergoes malo. Bottled unfined, unfiltered. The spiciness you expect from roussanne with really vibrant acidity. The brief contact with skins adding beautiful texture.