2024 Gaël Petit 'La Combe des Rieu' Tavel, Rhone, France Boisson-Vadot Sébastien Chatillon

Sébastien Chatillon

grown organically and selected from parcels within 10ha of estate vineyards on calcareous sand at 200m in elevation

then held in bottle for years

Arrives the last week of December

2024 Gaël Petit 'La Combe des Rieu' Tavel, Rhone, France Boisson-Vadot Sébastien ChatillonGals La Combe des Rieu is a Tavel whose intensity, complexity, and decisive sense of terroir have more in common with the regal reds of Chteauneuf than with southern Frances sea of generic ross. Behind the historic label lies a wine of class, depth, and substance, bearing a rich bouquet of wild strawberry, flowers, garrigue, and sweet spices, culminating in a long, stony finale. This is Tavel the way it was meant to be, validating the appellations