Domaine Ozil "Barry" Vin de France, Rhône Valley, France 2024

FROM CAMILLE RIVIÉRE:

THE WINE: 70% Grenache, 30% Syrah. The vines are 30 years old and come from the vineyard that surrounds their home. Carbonic ferment, wholecluster for 10 days, racking juices after the 3rd day in order not to extract too much tannins. Epoxi elegage. Bottled in April, unfined, unfiltered.

THE PRODUCER: Domaine Ozil is now in the hands of two brothers Jean Daniel and Thomas Ozil (5th generation). The Ozil estate is established at Mas de Bourret, a typical Ardèche dwelling located not far from Vallon Pont d'Arc. The cellar dug into the rock, next to the bread oven, the office installed in the old pigsty, the hayloft which gave way to the dwelling bear witness to a peasant history, in communion with nature. Brothers and winegrowers, Thomas and Jean-Daniel offer you natural and organic wines. With the guidance of Gilles Azzoni, they were able to have the confidence to make natural wine with no added sulfites. They also farm olives, peaches, lavender, and vegetables on top of their 16 hectares of vines planted mainly to grenache, syrah, viognier, marsanne, and cinsault. All the farming is certified organic and they also practice biodynamic farming. The brothers are the first generation to make wine commercially, deciding to do so at the end of their family’s contract with the co-op.