2023 Domaine Richaud, Cairanne Rouge, Rhône, France Armand Heitz all this takes place in

all this takes place in concrete tanks buried in the ground

with no temperature control and no sulfur

Shell limestone

Vine density of 4

so they spend their first year in tank

2023 Domaine Richaud, Cairanne Rouge, Rhône, France Armand Heitz all this takes place inBlend of 40% Mourvdre, 25% Grenache, 25% Syrah, and equal parts Carignan and Counoise from low yielding vines with an average age of 40 70 years old, planted on the hillsides above the village of Cairanne. The soil here is stony with pebbly topsoils over limestone bedrock. Farmed organically. Aged in a combination of foudres (10%), demi muids (30%) and concrete (60%) in underground caves.