Eric Texier - St-Julien en St-Alban Vieille Serine Côtes du Rhône Rouge

Eric Texier - St-Julien en St-Alban Vieille Serine Côtes du Rhône RougeEric Texier started his wine journey 20 years ago with no background or family in wine. Step by step, he has created a 12 hectare estate today with two very distinct terroirs in the northern Rhne valley: Brzme in the Drme (left bank of the Rhne), and the Ouvze valley in the Ardche (right bank). These areas have long been recognized on wine maps of the Rhne. However, due to their small size and geographic isolation, they are almost forgotten when

A steadily increasing proportion of wooden barrels is employed for the small lot vinification that are the norm here

he created the foundation for the first wine from a single vineyard in Sicily: the Riserva del Conte (later called Rosso del Conte)

crushed by foot

which are the backbone of Cantina Tollo‘s wines

managing the family's 12 hectare domaine in the small village of Sury-en-Vaux

Malolactic fermentation is always blocked

Avize and Cramant

the 2013 and 2015 New Zealand Royal Easter Show Wine Awards in addition to the 2014 New Zealand International Wine Show

The Saveurs du Temps range is a selection of their best parcels to get fresh

consequently the fruit

The wines created at the Spier Wine Farm are made with precision

during harvesting time