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M Chapoutier La Croix des Grives 2018
Côtes du Rhône AOC
We love everything about the Chapoutier family’s wines, from their organic ethics – they pay their neighbours not to use pesticides – to their pioneering braille labels. This is a warm, ripe fruit red from a stellar vintage. Pure joy, every glassful.
Beyond the Label
Tasting notes
Velvety, blackberry and raspberry with herbs and spice. Gentle tannins
Aroma
Succulent raspberries and blackberries with sweet mixed spice
Allergy information
Contains sulphites
More information
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Red - Medium Bodied
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Deep scarlet
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14.5% ABV
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10.88 Units
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750.00 ml
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31 December, 2021
Rich, ripe and complex, this benchmark Côtes du Rhône is from the Chapoutier family, one of the most well regarded names in French wine. Since founding the business in 1808 the family have established vineyards throughout the Rhône Valley and in Provence, and South Australia too. Michel Chapoutier has a progressive approach in the vineyard – they were one of the first in the Rhône to go organic – but still uses traditional techniques in the cellar to produce wines that reflect each terroir and vintage. This is a velvety red using grapes from low yield vines grown close to Valreas and Vinsobres. From another superb vintage, it has intense, velvety fruit tinged by wild herbs. Ideal with duck or a butterbean casserole, it's great at a bbq too.
For the 2016 vintage
