Causse Toujours Ribiera 2012 VdF

Dark rocks. Rust. Peppery cherries in an aromatic brightness. Skin tannins numbing, maybe seeds, sticks? Pleasant roundness. Wild. Clanging Cinsault. Iron filings. Zinc.

Says Cinsault ↗️  Grenache ➡️  Syrah ↘️  on the label, and 65/25/10 on the website. Fair. IGP Pays d'Hérault because it's young. 10 year old vines. Manual harvest, Vinified in vats, native yeasts. Destemmed, pumped over, and racked to expose and oxidize, move things along. Natural, non filtered, no pesticides. Little or no sulphur at bottling.

Winemaker Régis Pichon was a Somm in Paris until he decamped for Languedoc in 2005. Growing local varietals, and making wine as the grapes see fit. This one is labelled as 2012? Where has it been hiding? It was also a steal. So.