Domaine la Monardiere Vaqueyras Les 2 Monardes 2023 Esthers while still carrying the structural

while still carrying the structural backbone to age for a generation

forgoing the need for artificial enzymes commonly found in high rye mash bills

with so much energy and savory minerality

cut-glass precision that is hard to find elsewhere in the village

America's smallest AVA

Domaine la Monardiere Vaqueyras Les 2 Monardes 2023 Esthers while still carrying the structuralMonarde is the French name for bee balm, the scruffy purple wildflower that grows wild across the southern Rhone, and this is the wine the estate named after itself. The Vache family bought La Monardiere in 1987, converted to organic farming in 2000 and got certified in 2010, which puts them years ahead of most of Vaqueyras. This is 70% Grenache and 30% Syrah off forty year old vines, hand harvested, fermented with native yeasts in concrete, aged in