Clos de la Bonnette Vieilles Vignes Syrah Collines Rhodaniennes
Domaine Clos de la Bonnette was purchased in 1992 by wife and husband team, Isabelle Guiller and Henri Montabonnet. As a labour of love, not a commercial venture. Henri did most of the restoration himself, rebuilding the walls by hand.
Henri and Isabelle are surrounded by forest, a creek and another hillside of ruins. This natural barrier allows them to more easily produce organically,
a process by which they have farmed since they began replanting. The quality of the fruit is so high that Marcel Guigal wanted to purchase their
grapes.
Cert Organic 2021 Maturing for 12 months in barrels. The wine is unfined and lightly filtered before bottling.
“This is so much more than just an IGP wine, sourced from old vines and fragrant with ground pepper and wild flowers, raspberries and tangy damson fruit. In the mouth the wine is generously imbued with earthy woodland fruits, spice, dried flowers and aromatic herbs. Pliant yet structured ripe tannins give shape to the wine, whilst a delicious ripe acidity pushed the wine along on the palate” – Lea & Sanderman – UK