the land was previously used for tobacco and crops
it is delicious with cheese
and is a nod to the formative time Olivier spent in New Zealand
This wine sits nicely alongside a slow cooked casserole
spontaneously fermented with natural yeasts in concrete tanks
Domaine du Petit Oratoire, Gratte Conil, Southern Rhône, France oloroso the land was previously usedLori Haon is a young winemaker, first in his family, trained in Alsace, Burgundy and Champagne. He found his 15 hectare vineyard on Ebay, as you do, and started producing wines there in 2015. Vines are farmed organically, without chemical or synthetic fertilisers, pesticides or weedkillers and the wines made without added sulphites or other chemicals. Gratte Conil is the historic vineyard name for Lori's cherished co planted parcel whose grapes are