2025 Romain Le Bars Nouveau Nez VDF, Tavel, France Castell'in Villa and no sulfur additions or

and no sulfur additions or filtration

Aged in neutral French oak for 9 months then bottled with no fining

iron-rich clay soils with chalky limestone sub-soils

Farming: Certified Organic (co-farmed by Larry Makjavich and myself starting in January 2019)

Las Gundiñas was planted in 1910 on clay intermixed with some limestone (uncommon in Valtuille) • Mostly Mencía with some Garnacha Tintorera (Alicante Bouschet)

2025 Romain Le Bars Nouveau Nez VDF, Tavel, France Castell'in Villa and no sulfur additions orRomain Le Bars is a young winegrower from the Pfifferling school, where he worked for many years. Installed on a micro domain of barely more than one hectare, he works as naturally as possible. No input to the cellar either. Nouveau Nez is a great wine, bottled early, from Cinsault and Grenache, vinified in carbo in barrels and vats.