2021 Sylvain Bock Revíens Gamay!

WINEMAKER: Sylvain Bock
REGION: Ardèche, FR
VARIETAL: Gamay
VITICULTURE: Organic

"Revíens Gamay has been a runaway hit in each of the years we have brought this wine to Australia. It usually sells out within a few weeks of arriving, and we expect the same this year for this silky Gamay. This is a wine made from two different vineyards of Gamay. One is planted on pure limestone and the other on pure basaltic (volcanic) soil. The whole bunches were fermented for 10 days using the carbonic maceration approach. The resultant wine was aged for 9 months in fibreglass tanks. This is a very fruity, smashable wine (at 11.5% alcohol) that is drinking very nicely now but will continue to improve for the next two or three years."

Sylvain grew up in the Northern Rhone and worked for Ardeche legend Gérald Oustric from Domaine du Mazel from who he now leases one of his vineyards. Sylvain produced his first vintage in 2010. The vineyards see both basalt and limestone present. The limestone from ancient seas and the basalt from the volcanic activity that was prevalent in past eras here.