2020 Anders F. Steen The sound of people clapping improves when it’s raining

WINEMAKER: Anders Frederik Steen & Anne Bruun Blauert
REGION: Ardèche, FR
VARIETAL: Grenache Noir, Grenache Blanc
VITICULTURE: Organic/Biodynamic

This wine was thought as an experiment - more than any other wine we recently have made. We made a 5 day long press direct of Grenache Noir. Every day we separated the juice and kept a part. We decided to make a blend of the first and the last day of the press (the rest we saved for another wine). We added some Grenache Blanc as well. This wine is therefore technically a rosé, but we call it a red - even though no maceration has taken place.

Former chef, once sommelier at Noma, Anders started making wine in 2013 alongside legendary Jura winemaker, Jean-Marc Brignot. Now settled in the village of Valvignères in the Ardèche, his wines are truly unique and highly sought-after across the world. Grapes and only grapes, no adds, no sulphur. Tiny quantities.