2024 Hervé Souhaut Syrah under 40 Soils: Alluvial gravels

Soils: Alluvial gravels

The wine has a pretty floral lift of violets

While light and fresh

first with Sauvignon Blanc

The crushed grapes ferment naturally with their yeasts and without added sulphur for about a month and the ageing takes place for 24 months in 20 and 40-hectolitre barrels

2024 Hervé Souhaut Syrah under 40 Soils: Alluvial gravelsThe Syrah for this cuve comes from a tiny parcel along the slopes of the Doux River, where 3080 year old vines grow on granitic soils in the cool, hilly Valle du Doux. Fermented whole bunch with a long, cool maceration and aged briefly on lees in old oak, this is a pretty classic Northern Rhne Syrah, albeit painted in Souhaut's vivid brushstrokes. Violets lead on the nose, followed by olive, bacon fat and freshly roasted coffee, with black cherry