Tasting Notes

Rift 69 Boasts a deep dark crimson robe with purple-blue tints. This wine gives a cherry, blackberry and bilberry aromas, embellished with spicy and mineral notes. The mouthfeel is dense, powerful, round and balanced with noteworthy spice and liquorice length.

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Crafted with absolutely no addition of sulphite from harvesting to bottling. Maceration of the partially de-stemmed grapes, that were hand-picked at peak ripeness, is in stainless steel vats and lasts around a fortnight. This is for optimal extraction of the phenolic compounds that give real texture to the wine. 9-month maturing,  protected from oxygen, feeds, gives depth to and stabilises the wine, conferring on it its original spice and mineral feel. Many millions of years ago, a north-south rift formed in the earth’s crust giving rise to the highland that today forms the Beaujolais-Villages appellation area. Here, the steep and complex terroirs that are made up of granitic, magmatic and metamorphic rock allow the Gamay Noir grape to brilliantly express its personality.