Les Deplaude de Tartaras Collines Rhodaniennes Syrah Le Vent se Leve 2021 SF Chronicle The cider is completely dry

The cider is completely dry and remains undisgorged

a local strain of Gamay that behaves differently here than it does in Beaujolais: darker

San Vicente is the warmer one

on clay-and-schist soils that catch the salt off the Mediterranean

A touch of the blend comes from recently planted vines in Nuits St Georges near Vosne

Les Deplaude de Tartaras Collines Rhodaniennes Syrah Le Vent se Leve 2021 SF Chronicle The cider is completely dryAnne and Pierre Andre Deplaude were dairy farmers first. When milk prices collapsed in the early 2000s, they converted part of their land at Tartaras, in the hills between Lyon and the northern Rhone, over to vines, and it turned out they had a serious gift for Syrah. Le Vent se Leve is 100% Syrah and unoaked, from the Collines Rhodaniennes, the IGP that wraps around Cote Rotie and quietly turns out the same peppery, savory character with far less