Clos du Mont-Olivet Cotes du Rhone Rouge Vieilles Vignes 2023 051826OFFER which is roughly 300 years

which is roughly 300 years before Champagne figured out how to put bubbles in a bottle on purpose

That old-school vessel lends the wine a distinctive savory streak

If that sounds like a stunt

crowd-pleasing pour

The younger vines of Thierry Allemand's granite-rooted Cornas plot yield this elegant expression

Clos du Mont-Olivet Cotes du Rhone Rouge Vieilles Vignes 2023 051826OFFER which is roughly 300 yearsThis is the everyday red from one of Chateauneuf du Pape's great traditionalist houses, made from old vines averaging well over 50 years. Clos du Mont Olivet traces back to the mid 1500s and is run today by the Sabon family, beacons of a fresher, more elegant style of southern Rhone. The Vieilles Vignes is Grenache led, rounded out with Syrah, Mourvedre, and Carignan from sandy, quartz rich parcels around Orange and on the right bank. The 2023 is