“Ronds Rouges” - Les Vignes d’OlivierA red blend of Cinsault, Syrah, & Grenache from Languedoc Roussillon, France. Olivier Cohen is a young winemaker from the Languedoc in the area behind Montpellier called the Hrault. His domaine is called Les Vignes dOlivier and he makes an absolutely stunning rose wine as well as a number of interesting red wines. Olivier used to sell wine rather than make wine. He worked in Nice at the well known natural wine bar La Part des Anges as well as nearby

named after the Arabic word for direction

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who produce not only exquisite Saint-Josephs but also this sublime Crozes-Hermitage from a small

rolling landscape of the Jura is a sight to behold

Lightly filtered prior to bottling

cold meats and cheeses

The grapes are grown on 43 year old vines and the wine  offers a lively and supple profile with enticing notes of ginger and almond and an earthy minerality

limestone and granite soils

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beeswax and a persistent minerality

The wine is fermented bone-dry