Ch. Rayas Chateauneuf du Pape Rouge 2013 FIANO DI AVELLINO The 2020 Muscadet “la Pépie”

The 2020 Muscadet “la Pépie” from Domaine de la Pépière is the first vintage where Marc Ollivier is officially retired and has left the estate in the hands of the next generation of proprietors

both to his work and to the bond established with the vineyard

Layers of slate

Cooked in a unique stone oven with steam jets above & below

Ch. Rayas Chateauneuf du Pape Rouge 2013 FIANO DI AVELLINO The 2020 Muscadet “la Pépie”Deep red with a bright rim. A kaleidoscopic bouquet evokes red and dark berry preserves, blood orange and lavender, with deeper cherry pit and licorice qualities adding power. Sweet, expansive and pure, offering intense raspberry, bitter cherry and floral pastille flavors supported by a firm spine of acidity. Shows excellent clarity and power on the finish, which is given shape by fine grained, sweet tannins. I underestimated this wine from barrel