Dard & Ribo St. Joseph Le Pitrou Rouge 2022 750ml

René-Jean Dard and François Ribo started their estate in 1983 in a back street of Tain-l’Hermitage. There was about a hectare from Dard’s family, all the rest was rented or slowly acquired over the years.

In their cellar, part of a large farm building in the hamlet of Blanche-Laine in Mercurol, they craft subtle, unextracted Syrah for immediate enjoyment (though the wines age beautifully) and several whites from Roussanne and Marsanne.

“What we like is natural wine because it’s alive, wine that does not necessarily have to be kept – just drunk and drunk again.” (François Ribo, quoted in John Livingstone-Learmonth’s The Wines of the Northern Rhône , p.382)

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