Chateau Falfas Cotes du Bourg Le Chevalier 2017 newsletter-aug25 the family makes this hearty-yet-approachable

the family makes this hearty-yet-approachable Cotes du Rhone from their younger estate vines

the quality of the fruit is so high that even this entry tier wine has impressive weight and substance

but we suspect it’s only a matter of time before it gains an appellation title all its own to match Gigondas and Vaqueyras

Palate is creamy texture

windswept place

Chateau Falfas Cotes du Bourg Le Chevalier 2017 newsletter-aug25 the family makes this hearty-yet-approachableVeronique Bouchet grew up in Saumur, daughter to Francois Bouchet, one of the original Biodynamic winemakers of the 1960s. Eventually she met a man named John and became Veronique Cochran, shortly before purchasing Chateau Falfas in the mid 1980s. By 1988 they had converted the property to biodynamic farming, and became very unusual Bordeaux winemakers in possession of a very unusual sort of Bordeaux Vineyard. The Cotes de Bourg is a relative nowhere