2024 Gaël Petit 'La Combe des Rieu' Tavel, Rhone, France Boisson-Vadot 40 ares in the middle

40 ares in the middle of the slope

and very much under-the-radar producer of the DOCG of Gattinara

remarked that it reminded him of the Cornas he and his village-mates made in the ‘70s and ’80s

then held in bottle for years

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

2024 Gaël Petit 'La Combe des Rieu' Tavel, Rhone, France Boisson-Vadot 40 ares in the middleGals 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