Clos du Mont-Olivet Cotes du Rhone Blanc 2023 REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP Around 2022 Hugues made the

Around 2022 Hugues made the decision to follow biodynamic farming twenty years ago after noticing that his skin was becoming irritated from contact with the chemicals

2019 is one of the great recent Southern Rhône vintages

and Clairette vines

structured terroir yields a dense

Almost entirely whole-cluster fermentation

Clos du Mont-Olivet Cotes du Rhone Blanc 2023 REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP Around 2022 Hugues made theClos du Mont Olivet is one of the great old guard estates of Chateauneuf du Pape, run by the Sabon family across multiple generations. Their Cotes du Rhone Blanc is the accessible expression a southern Rhone white blend of Grenache Blanc, Clairette, Viognier, Bourboulenc and Roussanne grown on stony soils outside the appellation proper, vinified mostly in tank to keep the focus on freshness and texture. It drinks with the kind of effortless charm that