Grenache rarely feels as vital and detailed as it does here. Too often disregarded as a variety that is fat, hot and flabby it’s here found made with wonderful lightness of touch that leaves the grape’s hallmarks behind (dark black fruit, garrigue herbs) without ever feeling too big.
Ludovic Engelvin has, like many before him, walked the well-trodden path from sommelier and wine shop owner to fully-fledged winemaker. With stints with some of France’s most storied winemakers behind him (including Didiers Barral and Dagueneau), and 9 hectares of vineyards planted across the Gard region of southern France, Ludovic makes studied, expressive wines by utilising biodynamic treatments in his vines and by keeping to rigorous, monk-like standards in his cellar.
Grenache rarely feels as vital and detailed as it does here. Too often disregarded as a variety that is fat, hot and flabby it’s here found made with wonderful lightness of touch that leaves the grape’s hallmarks behind (dark black fruit, garrigue herbs) without ever feeling too big.
Ludovic Engelvin has, like many before him, walked the well-trodden path from sommelier and wine shop owner to fully-fledged winemaker. With stints with some of France’s most storied winemakers behind him (including Didiers Barral and Dagueneau), and 9 hectares of vineyards planted across the Gard region of southern France, Ludovic makes studied, expressive wines by utilising biodynamic treatments in his vines and by keeping to rigorous, monk-like standards in his cellar.
