Domaine Alexandre Hote Tavel AOP 2023

Alexandre Hote managed the family vineyards and sold fruit to the local coop for over two decades before branching out at the age of 40 to begin making wine under his own name. In 2019 he purchased a parcel of grenache, cinsault, and syrah planted in the 1980s on galets roulés, the same rocks found in Chateauneuf-du-Pape, and launched Domaine Alexandre Hote. His vineyards are certified organic or in the process of organic conversion, and his Tavel is bottled “nature”, with no sulfur added. The 2023 Tavel is 65% grenache and 35% cinsault, and opens up after a few minutes of exposure to air (or decanting) to exuberant juicy fruit and a kick of spice. Great mid-palate texture and a firm streak of minerality at the finish all combine to make this a compelling bottling from an exciting “new” producer of the area. Certified organic, low-intervention/natural wine.