extended maceration—that require decades of patience but reward with profound complexity
it's powerful yet balanced
indigenous yeast fermented
no intervention in the cellar — Dolcetto as it would have tasted in the 1960s
Montefico sits south- and southeast-facing at 230-260 meters between Ovello and the more famous Montestefano
Roc des Anges, Cotes Catalanes Rouge 'Reliefs', 2022 102225OFFER extended maceration—that require decades ofReliefs is the French word for the shape of a landscape the ridges, folds and slopes of it and that's a fair description of what Marjorie Gallet is bottling here. Carignan, Grenache and Syrah, farmed biodynamically in the Catalan hills, come together into something dark fruited and stony rather than sweet and sunny, which is the entire argument of the new Roussillon. There's warmth in the glass, but it's held in check by an earthy, herbal cut that