Certified organic. 70% Grenache and 30% Syrah. All the fruit for Olivier Klein's killer-value entry-level Côtes-du-Rhône grows on the Estate's highland vineyards of loess over limestone and sandstone, set on south- and east-facing slopes around the wooded hamlet of Sabran at 250 metres. Olivier aims for a fruited vin de soif style with this wine—juicy, floating fruit and sweetly floral perfumes. It always hits the spot. The wine spent 6 to 8 days on skins, partly in whole bunches, for lift and a buoyant structure.
Aged for six months in concrete, it's a vibrant and perfumed Grenache-led Côtes-du-Rhône, pale ruby and purple in the glass, with an explosion of raspberry and wild strawberry fruit lifted by lilac and violet perfume. The palate is crisp, fresh and fine, rounding out around supple, controlled tannins with a thread of minerality through the finish. It is already singing praises to the perfume and charm of high-country Grenache.