Region: France - Cotes du Rhone - Luberon
Grapes:
Alcohol: 14.65%
Notes on the Wine
Blessed with a diversity of soil types from limestone to marl, but predominantly with a unique sandstone called “safres,” which Romain points out as one of the defining characteristics of Emmanuel Reynaud’s legendary Château Rayas.
Notes on the Producer
Located in the heart of Provence, Domaine Le Novi sits between the Luberon hills and Montagne Sainte-Victoire, along the Durance river (a tributary of the Rhône that was created when the Pyrenees split) and benefiting from cooler nights, a greater diurnal shift allowing longer hang-time for fresher acidity/lower alcohol while still achieving phenolic maturity and greater complexity of flavors.
