and pink peppercorn notes layered over mineral granite bite
just on a fraction of the scale
making this 2024 a fine intro to his Trousseau range
and that unmistakable Pichon Comtesse perfume
accessible form: the same granite terroir and old Syrah
Domaine Richaud, Cotes-du-Rhone Rouge Terre d'Aigles, 2024 Vintage Champagne and pink peppercorn notes layeredCairanne is the southern Rhone's secret weapon, and Marcel Richaud has spent four decades proving it. Now run by daughter Claire alongside the family, this organic, naturally minded estate makes some of the most soulful, terroir honest reds in the appellation. Terre d'Aigles draws from old vines (averaging 60 years) on sandy clay soils near the Aigues river a fresh, sun warmed Cotes du Rhone built on Grenache with Syrah, Carignan, and Counoise filling