Boutinot “La Côte Sauvage” Cairanne Cru, 2016

The Southern Rhône village of Cairanne lies in the heart of the Southern Rhône valley, north east of Orange. For this 'La Côte Sauvage' fully ripe Grenache and Syrah grapes are hand picked from old bush vines on selected hillside slopes within Cairanne. The vineyards have the classic argilo-calcaire soil of limestone pebbles over clay. To make this Cairanne we used traditional vinification techniques – indigenous yeast and a long cuvaison period, followed by maturation for 22 months in mostly old French oak barrels to develop great concentration, complexity and finesse in the wine.