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Domaine Elodie Balme, Cotes du Rhone Rouge, 2025

Red Wine from Southern Rhone, France
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Grenache in the Southern Rhône usually means big and boozy — Elodie Balme goes the other way, chasing finesse with minimal extraction, a spontaneous pied de cuve ferment, and concrete instead of oak. The result is a Côtes du Rhône built on juicy fruit and lift rather than bulk, and it's the kind of everyday bottle that quietly outclasses what else sits beside it. Balme quit a wine sales job at 19 to study viticulture, apprenticed with Marcel Richaud, and made her first vintage at 23 from four hectares of her father Bernard's vines; the two now farm the estate together across Buisson, Rasteau and Roaix. There's a lovely circularity to it: her grandfather, M. Charavin, once lent a young Richaud cellar space to make his first wines and taught him the ropes — decades later Richaud returned the favor by mentoring Elodie. The vineyards sit on white clay, red marl and sand, with saffre (a compact sandstone that holds water and keeps the soil cooler than pure sand) underneath most of it. Pesticides and herbicides are gone from the majority of the 14 hectares she vinifies, and the wines ferment and age with no added sulfur — just a touch at blending and bottling, which is pragmatism rather than dogma.

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Carignan , Grenache , Syrah

  • Vintage

    2025

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Sustainable

  • Style

    Earthy

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Roast chicken with herbes de Provence, lamb merguez with couscous, ratatouille, grilled sausages, a mushroom-and-thyme tart, or a plate of saucisson and Comté.

Tasting Profile

Dry and medium-bodied, with red cherry, raspberry and plum fruit lifted by garrigue herbs and a little black pepper. No oak character — the wine is vinified and aged in concrete. Tannins are soft and fine-grained, acidity is fresh, and the finish is savory and lightly peppery rather than heavy or warming. Serve with a slight chill if you like.

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