2024 Gaël Petit 'La Combe des Rieu' Tavel, Rhone, France La Grapperie 7ha between Romanée-Saint-Vivant and Echézeaux

7ha between Romanée-Saint-Vivant and Echézeaux

on quartz and clay soils

mineral-driven Chenin that opens with air to reveal delicate white orchard fruit

“In 2012 we visited Ganevat

They experiment every year with the mix of varieties

2024 Gaël Petit 'La Combe des Rieu' Tavel, Rhone, France La Grapperie 7ha between Romanée-Saint-Vivant and EchézeauxGals 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