Ravensworth Charlie-Foxtrot Gamay Noir 2024 fervor 111 vines per hectare on

111 vines per hectare on slopes with clay/limestone soils

the wines from the Russian River Valley tend to be generous

Aladame uses two parcels (the older planted in 1985) supplemented by a ration of Chardonnay Muscaté (an old variety of Chardonnay that Benjamin Leroux also works with in the Meursault Narvaux terroir)

The harvest seldom begins before October and continues for at least eight to ten weeks

with opaque color given by the famous old vines of Retiro Antigo

Ravensworth Charlie-Foxtrot Gamay Noir 2024 fervor 111 vines per hectare onBack again Ravensworths high country Gamay from the beautiful Johansen vineyard in Tumbarumba. Bryan Martin gives it the full flavour treatment here: a mix of carbonic and whole berry maceration, around four weeks on skins, then a long 15 month rest in Italian concrete pyramids (once called Isis, now sensibly renamed after their square base and triangular sides). The result is generous and aromatic, loaded with red fruits some sweet, some tart and a