Domaine Les Genestas

Gobelet vignoble et Galet terroir 


Les Vignerons D’ Estézargues is a Co-ops in the south of Rhone, with a really interesting new way of the classic bulk massive production. They  takes a fundamentally different approach; starting in 1995 the ten different growers in this co-op began to vinify their wine separately and make single cuvées from their best plots. All the approach is #naturalwine making, any chemically in the vineyards and any correction in the winery. Michael Trebillon is the winemaker at Domaine Les Genestas this cuvee is 40% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 15% Carignan black fruit, sweet spice and orange peel .. plush palate with sauvory spicy notes ... The price of this wine are amazing ...( A different similar concepts happening in Italy with I Vigneri of Salvo Foti ) ...

From a  France website VIN BIO 

Les vignerons d'Estezargues est un groupement de vignerons des plus qualitatif. Les vins produits par les vignerons du groupement sont naturels et pour certains certifiés bio. 
Situé au cœur des Côtes du Rhône Villages, à 1 km au Sud de Lirac, le terroir d'Estézargues est typique des grands sols de l'appellation : galets roulés sur argile exposés plein sud. Il génère de petits rendements et produit des vins de caractère. Pionniers de la viticulture raisonnée, les vignerons d'Estezargues ont à coeur de respecter leur terroir (travail du sol, traitement raisonné, élaboration en cave rigoureuse...). Les rapports qualité/prix sont au rendez-vous de ces superbes vins de plaisir !

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Raf 
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