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$7.70The Story
Cairanne 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 in the texture. Fermented spontaneously, aged in concrete, bottled with a light hand. Expect creamy, gulpable Grenache fruit laced with pepper, garrigue, and that unmistakable Richaud purity. One of the best CDR values you'll find anywhere.
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Cairanne 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 in the texture. Fermented spontaneously, aged in concrete, bottled with a light hand. Expect creamy, gulpable Grenache fruit laced with pepper, garrigue, and that unmistakable Richaud purity. One of the best CDR values you'll find anywhere.
