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Syrah, Rhone Valley bottle

Syrah, Rhone Valley

Domaine des Favards

Diagonale 856

Rhône · Côtes du Rhône Villages

2020 · 13% ABV

A 100% Syrah from Domaine des Favards in the southern Rhône, fermented as whole clusters and made together with La Cave. Its name marks the 856 kilometers between the two cellars.

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Production Notes

100% Syrah, 2020 vintage, 13% alcohol. Domaine des Favards, Violès, Vaucluse; clay-limestone and gravel soils. Certified organic farming with year-round cover crops across all parcels. Hand-harvested into small crates. Whole clusters stacked uncrushed in tank for fermentation inside each berry, then pressed.
Country
France
Region
Rhône
Sub-region
Côtes du Rhône Villages
Vintage
2020
Blend
100% Syrah
Alcohol
13% ABV

About the Wine

Diagonale 856 is Syrah from Domaine des Favards, a 25-hectare organic estate in Violès, in the southern Rhône. Céline took over her family's domaine in 2010. For more than 30 years the family has also run a campsite among the vines, welcoming visitors into the cellar. That tradition helped lead to this wine, made together with La Cave.

The name is a line on a map: 856 kilometers on the diagonal from Céline's cellar in the Vaucluse to La Cave's first location in Normandy. The method comes from her 1932 Carignan, Carigno Mio. Hand-picked bunches go into tank uncrushed, and each berry ferments from within before the wine is pressed.