Vignobles Levet Cote Rotie La Chavaroche, Rhone, France 2022 Valentin Leflaive its powerful

its powerful

Clean lines of peach and melon meet with a light chalky tone on the nose of this blend of 51% Grenache Blanc

candied lemon rind

It comes tearing out of the glass with rambunctious scents of creme de cassis

tart profile reminiscent of Gamay but with a distinctly rustic edge of alpine scrub and sandpaper tannins that provide enough structure for this wine to age gracefully

Vignobles Levet Cote Rotie La Chavaroche, Rhone, France 2022 Valentin Leflaive its powerfulThe cuve Vignobles Levet has made from the outset, from the Chavaroche lieu dit in Cte Rtie. Whole cluster Syrah, vinified in stainless steel and aged thirty to thirty six months in foudre and demi muids before bottling. It is, quite simply, a ferocious and uncompromising wine an uninhibited expression of the appellation's smells and flavors: red plum, blackberry, iron, pepper and rose petal, full bodied and deeply structured with outstanding length.