Cros des Calades Vin de France Azé 2022 torino intent on making organic wine

intent on making organic wine

restrained cherry

because this wine has the combination of intensity

and bitter herbs

A hand-selected case for when only the original will suffice

Cros des Calades Vin de France Azé 2022 torino intent on making organic wineCros des Calades is a new project from Benoit and Florence of Chteau de la Selve in Ardche, France, both are farmed organically, and the wines are made naturally. Benot, who is a charming fast talker, headed straight into the vines waxing poetically in Franglais about this wild Ardechois terroir, arguably one of the least tamed in France, planted to rocky, rolling hillsides and peppered between national parks featuring steep, swimmable river gorges