ZoomSardone2023
Vins MercurialesDrôme Provençale, Rhône Valley, France
About this wine
Sardone is one of the white bottlings in Antonin Roux and Aymar Carrol's Vins Mercuriales project, the post-2022 natural-wine cellar by the Rhône river in the Drôme Provençale. Roux is a Paris-based experimental music composer; Carrol owns a natural-wine bar in Marseille. The pair attended the inaugural BIM natural-wine fair in Arles, staged with Martin Texier in 2019, ran their first micro-cuvées in demijohns and secured a cave for their 2022 official first vintage. The cellar runs the standard natural-wine template: native yeasts, no additives, no added sulphur. 12% alcohol on the 2023 release; expect a brisk, savoury Rhône white reflecting the project's still-evolving production rather than a fixed regional template.
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.