La Gauche is 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc. The 2021 vintage was cool and very long, making it exceptional for these varieties. Le Gauche is characterized by cassis aromas with concentrated tannin & structure.
In 2022, while visiting friend Phillipe Viet in Beaujolais, Ray was offered a special parcel of fruit from biodynamically grown 100 year old Cru Régnié vines. This is the result.
Grenache (60%) Morvedre & Syrah. Cool fermented in large open top wooden fermenters with wild yeast for 20 days. No maceration just gentle pigeage and hand plunging. Pressed off with pressings included, settled then transferred into 500L 2 year old French Oak puncheons for 11 months.
Hugo George is not often made but when it is, it’s an absolute delight. Savory notes of sour cherries, lavender, and plump, juicy Victoria Plumbs. The back palate has a woodfired, smokey finish with sweet spices and cured meat.
El Matador, being the slayer of the bull, is a powerful character with sanguine characteristics. The wine mirrors the muse, with great power, sublime structure and savouriness. Dark plum, sun dried prunes and black olives with hints of raspberry and dried rose petal. It has a ferrous aspect with a dense powerful core, gentle tannins and very long finish.
This B5B Red blend is a riot of crushed fruit aromas with an underlying savoury edge. Its backbone is Sagrantino with Syrah and Vermentino giving this wine a beautiful aromatic lift. Think light, crunchy and complex all rolled into one. It is simply delicious.
One of those great drinking Pinots, made to be light and bright but still hold onto fine tannin, giving complexity and sophistication to those who seek it. Juicy red cherry, pomegranate and orange rind.
Aglianico, a variety brought to the South of Italy by the greeks around 2700 years ago, is both mysterious and alluring. This example is both, playing with the juxtaposition of intensity and finesse.
"..Mineral with pure, black cherries, incense and floral notes Structured and savoury on the palate, this tightly wound wine feels, at the moment, as if it's carved out of stone."
