Antoine Arena Patrimonio Rouge Morta Maio 2020 bdx Rochefort-du-Gard and Saze all fall

Rochefort-du-Gard and Saze all fall into the Signargues “villages” title of Cotes du Rhone that stands only for red wine

and a whisper of salty saline

Perhaps this is because Italy learned everything it ever came to know about wine from Greece

It smells of dried plums and raisins

Fresh fruit nose

Antoine Arena Patrimonio Rouge Morta Maio 2020 bdx Rochefort-du-Gard and Saze all fall100% Niellucciu from schist soils near the winery. Antoine, before he handed over the work in the winery to his sons, was a pioneer of the natural wine movement, simply because he never introduced pesticides to his vineyards, or cultured yeast to his ferments. This red made from a grape closely related to sangiovese is brilliantly lively, full of dark black fruit, but lots of earth accents, citrus peels, and dried spices, all in an elegantly buoyant