Domaine Pelaquie Cotes du Rhone 2022 JURARARE and aged for years on

and aged for years on the lees

Finesse over flash

Specogna is a benchmark family estate in Friuli's Colli Orientali

It's a blend built on Parellada

Château Barde-Haut sits on the limestone plateau in the eastern part of the appellation

Domaine Pelaquie Cotes du Rhone 2022 JURARARE and aged for years onHalf the fruit here could have been sold as Laudun, a Cotes du Rhone cru in its own right Luc Pelaquie declassifies it into the house red instead. That's the estate in one move: a family that has farmed the limestone slopes around Saint Victor la Coste on the Rhone's right bank for centuries, and would rather over deliver quietly than chase a bigger name. The blend is a straight 50 50 of Grenache and Syrah, the Grenache bringing warmth and the Syrah