Maris Cru La Livinere La Touge 2019Critical acclaim: "95 points. Robert Eden pulls this wine from his biodynamically tended vineyards in the rocky, windy highlands of La Livinire. A blend of syrah with grenache and carignan, its a wine you can sink your teeth into, and it responds with juicy black fruit, spicy and fresh, and notes of mint, licorice and rose. Vinified in cement eggs and vats, it retains a sense of cool, stony clarity that brings light to its darkness and beams them into

It's full yet balanced and long

their Bandol Blanc

once on the palate the wine is soft-contoured yet energetic

is rather articulate

All of the wine for the Gemischter Satz (field blend) comes from a plot planted in 1951 by Ingrid’s grandmother

but no oak to distract — just clean lines

you may have noticed that there is an enormous price difference between the “top” bottles of Bordeaux and everyone else

then blended and aged in 50% concrete tank and 50% neutral French oak barrels for 10 months

It ages in used barrique for 24 months

Ingrid’s wines have always been amazing to me – so utterly darn drinkable and yet so complex

following a strict regime in the vineyards

And like Bordeaux