Les Deplaude de Tartaras Collines Rhodaniennes Syrah Le Vent se Leve 2021 SF Chronicle 28% Malbec

28% Malbec

a serious streak of salt

A touch of the blend comes from recently planted vines in Nuits St Georges near Vosne

More flesh than the 2017

picked early for freshness

Les Deplaude de Tartaras Collines Rhodaniennes Syrah Le Vent se Leve 2021 SF Chronicle 28% MalbecAnne and Pierre Andre Deplaude were dairy farmers first. When milk prices collapsed in the early 2000s, they converted part of their land at Tartaras, in the hills between Lyon and the northern Rhone, over to vines, and it turned out they had a serious gift for Syrah. Le Vent se Leve is 100% Syrah and unoaked, from the Collines Rhodaniennes, the IGP that wraps around Cote Rotie and quietly turns out the same peppery, savory character with far less