Quel Cepage

Light fresh red. Bright high cherry rocks. Fresh minty tannins. Dirt dust. Gassy. Lovely. Natty cloves. Inside turned out. Some carbonic burps? Gums. Numbs. Crumbs. Sighs.

Eric Pfifferling labels this L'Anglore, but it's made in the spring with cooperation from his neighbor, Nicolas Renaud. They share billing on the label, and blend their finished wines, some Tavel, some of Renaud's Rose and a variety of older vines. They bottle a limited amount after a few months elevage. Labeled VdF of course.

I'm sure the cepage and percentages change year to year, 2014 was reported as Grenache, Cinsault, Mourvèdre, Carignan, Clairette. Research shows it referred to as Rose by some. I drank it room temp, strikingly lovely.

Renaud practices agriculture biologique on a cobbled together estate, some abandoned vines too steep for anyone to bother, and more rented land. Pfifferling has been a mentor through this process, leading to a natural friendship, translated into Danish as Venskab.

Neither producer uses chemicals or additives. Hand harvested, natural yeasts, and no cellar manipulation, other than blending to taste.