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Texier, Éric – Adèle Côtes-du-Rhône Blanc
Clairette from Rhône, France
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Clairette from Rhône, France
SOLD OUT. 100% Clairette (sometimes contains Marsanne). These Texier vines are planted in the granitic clay-limestone soils of the Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban area on the western side of the Rhône River in the Ardèche. The bunches are hand-harvested and direct-pressed in whole clusters and...
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Texier, Éric – Brézème Roussanne Côtes-du-Rhône
Roussanne from Rhône, France
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Roussanne from Rhône, France
100% Roussanne. From Texier's young vines in the cooler, more limestone-driven vineyard area of Brézème. Whole cluster, direct press, native yeast fermentation, aging on lees in concrete, no stirring, 30 mg/l of SO2 at bottling.
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Texier, Éric – Brézème Syrah Côtes-du-Rhône
Syrah from Rhône, France
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Syrah from Rhône, France
100% Syrah. From Texier's younger, i.e. 35-40-year-old vines, in the limestone-rich, cooler Brézème vineyard area (on the eastern side of the Rhône at the southernmost edge of the northern Rhône Valley). They lie on a steep, south-facing hill, are organically farmed and harvested by hand. The wine...
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Texier, Éric – Chat Fou Côtes-du-Rhône Rouge
Red blend (mostly Grenache) from Rhône, France
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Red blend (mostly Grenache) from Rhône, France
50% Grenache/30% Cinsault/20 % Clairette/Viognier/Chasselas/other). All of the fruit comes from the warm site and granite soils of Texier's St.Julien-en-St.Alban vineyard. The varieties are co-harvested and -fermented in whole clusters, gently pressed, fermented with native yeasts in concrete...
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Texier, Éric – Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc
Clairette from Rhône, France
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Clairette from Rhône, France
50% Bourbolenc/50%Clairette. Eric has worked closely for many years with Jean Riché, the owner/farmer of these vines which lie 1 km. from the Rhône River. The site is flat and stony with cool, clay-based soils over limestone and harvested quite early to preserve freshness of fruit. The Bourbelenc...
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Texier, Éric – Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge VV
Red blend (mostly Grenache) from Rhône, France
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Red blend (mostly Grenache) from Rhône, France
95% Grenache and 5% Mourvèdre. The Grenache comes from La Crau, a north-facing vineyard in the NE part of the appellation, where the tannins reach phenolic ripeness slowly but surely and without an overwhelmingly high alcohol level. Many of the vines are 70 years old or more. The Mourvèdre comes...
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Texier, Éric – Côte-Rôtie Vieilles Vignes
Syrah from Rhône, France
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Syrah from Rhône, France
100% Syrah. Texier sources the grapes from one of the only farmers in Côte-Rôtie who does not use chemicals and who is willing to part with fruit from his small parcel of 80-ish-year-old, non-clonal Serine vines in the Corps de Loup lieu-dit. Here at the very southernmost end of Côte-Rôtie just...
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Texier, Éric – Le Clau Serine
Serine from Rhône, France
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Serine from Rhône, France
BOTTLED IN MAGNUM ONLY. TOTAL PRODUCTION: 300 bottles.
From Eric Texier on their first vintage of Le Clau (2016): "From a handful of rows in our 0.5 ha or a very particular strain of Serine. Planted in the 1930’s in the Masson parcel of Saint-Julien en-Saint-Alban in the lieu-dit Le Clau. They...
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Texier, Éric – Le Clau Serine
Serine from Rhône, France
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Serine from Rhône, France
From Eric Texier himself: "From a handful of rows in our 0.5 ha or a very particular strain of Serine. Planted in the 1930’s in the Masson parcel of Saint-Julien en-Saint-Alban in the lieu-dit Le Clau. They present unique ampelographic qualities, very different from the Serines we find in Brézème...
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Texier, Éric – Pergaud Brézème Vieille Roussette Côtes-du-Rhône
Roussette (Altesse) from Rhône, France
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Roussette (Altesse) from Rhône, France
100% Roussanne, aka Roussanne. From Texier's oldest Roussanne vines, planted in 1936 on pure limestone in Brézème. 2015 is the last vintage with skin maceration for this bottling: 50% of the fruit spent 6-8 weeks in amphora with skins. The other 50% was direct-pressed in whole clusters into old...
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Texier, Éric – Pergaud Brézème Vieille Serine Côtes-du-Rhône
Syrah from Rhône, France
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Syrah from Rhône, France
100% Syrah. From Texier's oldest vines, planted in the 1930's, on the limestone soils of the Brézème ineyard area (on the eastern side of the Rhône at the southernmost edge of the northern Rhône Valley). Serine is a bit mysterious: it is widely thought of as the oldest form of Syrah but is more of...
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Texier, Éric – Pergaud St. Julien-en-St. Alban Marsanne
Marsanne from Rhône, France
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Marsanne from Rhône, France
100% Marsanne. From 80-year-old vines in the granite soils of St. Julien on the western side of the river in the southernmost part of the northern Rhône. The fermentation is spontaneous, without added yeasts or sulfur, in concrete vats with a month of maceration with the skins (a big change from 8-...
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Texier, Éric – Pergaud St. Julien-en-St. Alban Marsanne
Marsanne from Rhône, France
DB1143-16
Marsanne from Rhône, France
100% Marsanne. From 80-year-old vines in the granite soils of St. Julien on the western side of the river in the southernmost part of the northern Rhône. The fermentation is spontaneous, without added yeasts or sulfur, in clay amphora (or tinajas, the Spanish term Eric T uses because these are...
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Texier, Éric – Pergaud St. Julien-en-St. Alban Vieille Serine Côtes-du-Rhône
Syrah from Rhône, France
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Syrah from Rhône, France
100% Syrah. From Texier's oldest vines, planted in the 1930's, on the granite soils of the warm St-Julien en St-Alban vineyard area (on the western side of the Rhône at the southernmost edge of the northern Rhône Valley). Serine is a bit mysterious: it is widely thought of as the oldest form of...
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Texier, Éric – St. Julien-en-St. Alban Côtes-du-Rhône Syrah
Syrah from Rhône, France
DB1024-17
Syrah from Rhône, France
100% Syrah. From Texier's younger, i.e. 35-40-year-old vines on granite soilis in the very warm St-Julien en St-Alban vineyard area (on the western side of the Rhône at the southernmost edge of the northern Rhône Valley). The vines are organically farmed and harvested by hand. The wine is made...
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