Vincent Ruiz Prima Materia 2022

A young winemaker from Ardeche, he worked under Franck Balthazar in Cornas, and started running his own projects in 2020

Grape Varietals & Region:100% Grenache from a friend’s vineyard in the south of Ardeche, Rhone Valley

Taste Profile:A dark rich red wine that has been made with some serious thoughtfulness. This wine is bold with dark red fruit yet still supple and elegant. A complexity that is hard to match by the bigger wine makers.

Winemaking Process: A lively, powerful whole cluster grenache. Indigenous yeasts, 15 days of maceration in whole bunches, without punching down or pumping over, 8 months aging on fine lees, without added sulfites