2024 Gaël Petit 'La Combe des Rieu' Tavel, Rhone, France Boisson-Vadot drawbridges

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40 ares in the middle of the slope

Arrives the last week of December

then held in bottle for years

2024 Gaël Petit 'La Combe des Rieu' Tavel, Rhone, France Boisson-Vadot drawbridgesGals La Combe des Rieu is a Tavel whose intensity, complexity, and decisive sense of terroir have more in common with the regal reds of Chteauneuf than with southern Frances sea of generic ross. Behind the historic label lies a wine of class, depth, and substance, bearing a rich bouquet of wild strawberry, flowers, garrigue, and sweet spices, culminating in a long, stony finale. This is Tavel the way it was meant to be, validating the appellations