Domaine Pelaquie Cotes du Rhone 2022 core-no-restrictions ) biodynamically farmed trees

) biodynamically farmed trees

supple palate lined with silky tannins and tender fruit

Amour de Deutz is the house's tete de cuvee

Twenty-plus years on

Matured in ex-Bourbon American oak casks

Domaine Pelaquie Cotes du Rhone 2022 core-no-restrictions ) biodynamically farmed treesHalf the fruit here could have been sold as Laudun, a Cotes du Rhone cru in its own right Luc Pelaquie declassifies it into the house red instead. That's the estate in one move: a family that has farmed the limestone slopes around Saint Victor la Coste on the Rhone's right bank for centuries, and would rather over deliver quietly than chase a bigger name. The blend is a straight 50 50 of Grenache and Syrah, the Grenache bringing warmth and the Syrah