The Southern Rhone is home to some of the greatest wines in the world and the most famous of those is Chateauneuf-du-Pape. The Brotte family have been based in Chateauneuf-du-Pape since 1931 and the family estate, Domaine Barville, is here.
Grenache is the king in the Southern Rhone and here it expresses all of its soft, supple charms. What really makes the wines from Brotte standout is freshness. There is an incredible purity to these wines which you don’t normally see in the wines of the Rhone. You will get to truly discover this over a selection of both red and white wines, another underrated feature of the Southern Rhone.
Since 2014, their wines carry the TERRA VITIS French environmental label. This is a sustainable agriculture practice certification which ensures respecting nature from the vine to the glass, as well as within the company. The wines are, after all, crafted with nature.
Greig is a fabulously knowledgeable and really rather lovely chap and the wines are truly spectacular, it’s going to be a terrific evening.