2020 Rouchier Saint-Joseph La Chave, Rhone, France Trail Marker The grapes are harvested together

The grapes are harvested together and come from an 80 year old parcel characterized by a particular terroir where the soil is formed scree limestone and red marl

There after the grapes were gently extracted by a combination of pumping over and pigeage by foot

followed by pleasantly tangy hints of green Japanese Sansho pepper on the finish

Bottled by hand: May 27th

fruit trees

2020 Rouchier Saint-Joseph La Chave, Rhone, France Trail Marker The grapes are harvested togetherChave is a 1 hectare lieu dit planted with vines dating to 1958. With Western exposition, Chave lies on soil dominated by granitic gneiss. Whole cluster fermentation in concrete over indigenous yeasts, punctuated with pigeage (punching down) and remontage (pumping over). The young wine is then aged over for 16 18 months in neutral (5 9 years) oak barrels of 228L . The finished wine is then bottled unfiltered and entirely without SO2