2018 La Ferme des Sept Lunes, (Jean Delobre) Saint-Joseph 'Chemin Faisant', Rhone, France

2018 La Ferme des Sept Lunes, (Jean Delobre) Saint-Joseph 'Chemin Faisant', Rhone, France

$57.99

Terraced vineyard planted in 1974, the farm's oldest vines.
SOIL
Grantic soils
VITICULTURE
Organically farmed, all fruit is hand harvested. Strewn throughout the terraced vines are fruit trees, lilacs and wild herbs.
VINIFICATION
Destemmed, 3 week concrete vat vinification with no SO2; daily pump over then cap punching by foot, press wine is assembled.
AGING
Aged in a combination of 80% neutral demi-muids and 20% old barrels for 12 months, then 3-4 months en mass in tank before bottling unfined and unfiltered, without SO2.

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