Etienne Becheras Saint-Joseph Rouge 2023 Size:750ml offering a penetrating chalky minerality

offering a penetrating chalky minerality

and this bottling displays Bea’s masterful touch with Sangiovese

honest and satisfying wine

From southeast and northwest-facing vines in the Barracone and San Fereolo vineyards in the Valdibà subsection of Dogliani

and this cuvée presents a riper

Etienne Becheras Saint-Joseph Rouge 2023 Size:750ml offering a penetrating chalky mineralityThe vineyards of Syrah sit on soil composed of schist and granite with a very thin topsoil that provides excellent drainage. After manual harvest, the grapes are left to cold macerate for three or so days; then, once de stemmed and crushed, the fermentation proceeds for approximately three to four weeks. Only indigenous yeasts are used. There follows an levage of eighteen to twenty four months in barrels of varying sizes (225, 400 and 600 liters)