2020 l'Octavin Ganache

WINEMAKER: Alice Bouvot
REGION: Provence/Jura, FR
VARIETAL: Grenache
VITICULTURE: Organic/Biodynamic

This lovely wine is made from 100% Grenache sourced from a vineyard owned by Claude Ughetto beside the cemetry in Saint Pierre de Vassols, which is not far from Carpentras in Provence. This wine was a big surprise to us. The vineyard is quite close to Caromb, the village where we had a house for many years and we have driven past it many times, completely unaware we would one day have a close association with it.

Even more surprising is the lightness and freshness of the wine, something you don’t really associate with the spicy rich wines from this region. It is truly delicious. As usual, Alice and her team picked the grapes. The whole bunches were macerated for three weeks before pressing and the wine was bottled in June 2021.

Alice Bouvot started from scratch in 2004, buying a small cellar in the village of Arbois and a couple of hectares of vines in the hills surrounding. She now farms around five hectares biodynamically and harvests grapes from trusted friends all over France. A highly sought-after cult producer.