Maxime Francois Laurent Côtes du Rhône Blanc Pantomine 2023 Rioja Two-row spring barley

Two-row spring barley

Fermented spontaneously in concrete and aged without oak

and the long mineral finish that Clavoillons reliably produces

Most people dismiss Lodi as too hot for serious wine

Maxime Francois Laurent Côtes du Rhône Blanc Pantomine 2023 Rioja Two-row spring barleyThe Land Pantomine comes from a single, 30 year old parcel of white Grenache and Bourboulenc in Montbrison sur Lez, the same village at the northern edge of the southern Cotes du Rhone where Domaine Gramenon is based. The vines grow on clay limestone soil over sand, farmed organically by a grower Maxime Francois Laurent sources from directly rather than through his own domaine. It is Rhone geography at its most local: a single hillside a short walk