Domaine Pierre Gonon 2019 'Les Iles Feray' Vin de Pays de l’Ardèche, Rhône Valley, France *allocated*

• Winemaker: Pierre Gonon
  
• Farming: Organic farming
  
• Variety: 100% Syrah (average 25+ yr old vines)
  
• Terroir: .72 hectares on lower slopes with more alluvial fans, plus young-vine fruit from granite hillsides.
  
• Vinification: Grapes are harvested by hand, mostly destemmed (50-80%, depending on the vintage), grapes are lightly crushed before fementation starts spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in large open vats.
  
• Aging: aged for 10 months in old demi-muid. Bottled unfiltered before the following year's harvest.
  
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The lighter side of Gonon's syrah, meant to be enjoyed early while his Saint Joseph's cellar.