Les Deplaude de Tartaras Collines Rhodaniennes Syrah Le Vent se Leve 2021 tag made from mostly Cabernet Franc

made from mostly Cabernet Franc with a splash (around 10%) of Grolleau for body and berry notes

was forced out in 2009

to dried fruits

then to the US for bottling in July 2021 at a staggering 66

wet stones

Les Deplaude de Tartaras Collines Rhodaniennes Syrah Le Vent se Leve 2021 tag made from mostly Cabernet FrancAnne and Pierre Andre Deplaude were dairy farmers first. When milk prices collapsed in the early 2000s, they converted part of their land at Tartaras, in the hills between Lyon and the northern Rhone, over to vines, and it turned out they had a serious gift for Syrah. Le Vent se Leve is 100% Syrah and unoaked, from the Collines Rhodaniennes, the IGP that wraps around Cote Rotie and quietly turns out the same peppery, savory character with far less