Domaine Gramenon Cotes du Rhone L'Elementaire 2018 Size:750ml while herbal flavors bring out

while herbal flavors bring out classic notes of truffle and dried leaves along with the hint of iron characteristic of Gattinara’s volcanic soils

A textural wine layered with dark berry fruits

In small stainless steel tanks

Domaine Carneros begins harvest in mid-August

blackcurrants and wild blueberries with a beautiful undercurrent of lilacs

Domaine Gramenon Cotes du Rhone L'Elementaire 2018 Size:750ml while herbal flavors bring out100% Grenache. This is a superb parcel, not from the actual Gramenon Estate, but from 50 year old vines from a 5ha property they purchased in 2007 in Valreas and converted to bio dynamics. I always love this wine as it is always somewhat hedonistic in youth. 2018 was a standout at the tasting; it is deep in pitch as always, lush and brims with beguiling floral, stony scents and a deep carnal richness. In the mouth it is compact to start then fans out