The vineyards were first planted in 1667 but it was only in 1927 that Henri’s father began estate bottling. Henri, born in 1938, was the twelfth-generation winemaker, Henri Bonneau is a traditionalist and that he is against “the Syrah,” insisting “It all boils down to the Grenache” and considered grapes like Mourvèdre, Cinsault, Clairette, Counoise, Vaccarèse, and a little Syrah as “just like the salt and pepper in the soup.

Score : 95/100

Varieties : Syrath, Grenache and Mouvédre.

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