ZoomMihau2025
Vins MercurialesDrôme Provençale, Rhône Valley, France
About this wine
Mihau is the Cinsault-led red in Antonin Roux and Aymar Carrol's Vins Mercuriales project, the post-2022 natural-wine cellar by the Rhône river in the Drôme Provençale. Cinsault is the unsung southern grape that has had a quiet renaissance in natural-wine circles for its ability to deliver light, fragrant, drinkable reds without the weight of Grenache or Syrah. The Mercuriales pair (Roux is a Paris-based experimental music composer, Carrol owns a natural-wine bar in Marseille) staged with Martin Texier in 2019 and ran their first micro-cuvées in demijohns before securing the Rhône-side cave. Cellar protocol: native yeasts, no additives, no added sulphur. 12% alcohol on the 2025 release; bright, peppery, drink-now Cinsault.
Winemaking
Native-yeast fermentation. No additives, no added sulphur. Vinified at the Rhône-side cave Antonin Roux and Aymar Carrol secured for their 2022 first official vintage.