Alcohol: 13%
Grape(s): Pinot Noir, Syrah
Location: Northern Rhone, France
Tasting Notes: The ‘Tout Compte Fait’ opens with bright, lifted aromatics — red berries, wild cherries, and a touch of crushed violets — a signature of the domaine’s organically farmed hillside vineyards. On the palate, the wine is juicy and energetic, with crunchy red fruit, subtle spice, and a gentle herbal edge that reflects the polycultural environment in which the vines grow. The texture is supple and lightly rustic, carried by soft tannins and a lively, mouthwatering acidity. A faint mineral note lingers on the finish, giving the wine a sense of place and purity typical of the Deplaude family’s low‑intervention style.
Notes: Native yeast fermentation. Elevage for 9 months in cuve
Food pairing: Pierre-Andre and Anne recommend drinking this with boeuf bourgignon, naturellement….or even a chocolate dessert!
Winery Story: We were farmers before we were vignerons,” Pierre-Andre and Anne Deplaude like to say with no small measure of pride.It’s often said that wines are made in the vineyard, not in the winery. This is, of course, a simplification, but we’ve always liked working with those vignerons with big callused hands from the field, not cravats and suits, so imagine how happy we were when we stumbled on wines being made by people in love with the idea of polyculture, where wine was just a part of their farm. When Pierre-Andre and Anne started to farm in the out-of-the-way Côteaux-du-Gier, somewhere between Lyon and Clermont-Ferrand, wine wasn’t a priority; instead, it was grains, fruits, and dairy cows, as well as a tiny production of wines. This kept going until the early 2000s, when a drop in milk prices forced them to rethink a few things, and they decided to take some of their most interesting land and convert it to vineyards.What didn’t change was the commitment to be farmers first, to work the land honestly and responsibly and have the product reflect that, be it wine or milk. When Guilhaume, Michael and I first tasted these wines we were amazed to be drinking such pure terroir driven wines from a region we hadn’t even heard of days before.
