2024 Gaël Petit 'La Combe des Rieu' Tavel, Rhone, France Boisson-Vadot It’s true that in the

It’s true that in the best years

and very much under-the-radar producer of the DOCG of Gattinara

Minimal use of sulfites

Arrives the last week of December

Sébastien Chatillon

2024 Gaël Petit 'La Combe des Rieu' Tavel, Rhone, France Boisson-Vadot It’s true that in theGals La Combe des Rieu is a Tavel whose intensity, complexity, and decisive sense of terroir have more in common with the regal reds of Chteauneuf than with southern Frances sea of generic ross. Behind the historic label lies a wine of class, depth, and substance, bearing a rich bouquet of wild strawberry, flowers, garrigue, and sweet spices, culminating in a long, stony finale. This is Tavel the way it was meant to be, validating the appellations