Domaine Font de Courtedune Côtes du Rhône Vieilles Vignes 2021 Base_Rye and sparkling water

and sparkling water

fatty cuts without getting flattened

A unicorn of a wine

and soils of sand and volcanic porphyry give the wines their particular tension

Domaine Font de Courtedune Côtes du Rhône Vieilles Vignes 2021 Base_Rye and sparkling waterThe Land Font de Courtedune farms in Courthezon, in the Vaucluse, with vineyards that sit right up against the boundary of Chateau Rayas, the most mythic estate in Chateauneuf du Pape. That neighboring proximity matters: the domaine's soils run to roughly 80% sand, the same rare, free draining ground that gives Rayas its signature lightness, mixed here with rolled stones. The estate holds parcels across Cotes du Rhone, Cotes du Rhone Villages, IGP