Pedres Blanques Cabanon 2024

Rié et Hirofumi Shoji are the exciting new(ish) talent in Collioure, the appellation in the Roussillon that shares boundaries with Banyuls but is for dry and not fortified wines. Rié and Hirofumi are Japanese and met while studying winemaking in Beaune. Rié then worked in Chambolle-Musigny under Frédéric Mugnier. Hirofumi spent time in Saint-Romain with Frédéric Cossard at Domaine de Chassorney. Burgundy land was too expensive, so they bought 3.5 hectares of vines from a retiring grower in the Roussillon, planted mainly to Grenache. Their first vintage was 2017. They are farming two parcels, one planted in 1989 and the other in 1965 - both on the regions granite/schiste soil. These are mineral-driven wines of the highest quality. We're excited to have a small allocation to share with you.

This is a new wine from a newly acquired plot in Trouillas that is planted mostly to Grenache but also the other traditional varieties of the Roussillon. The name Cabanon comes because there is a little bit of Carignan in it that was gifted by Alain Castex. It is a little redder in fruit profile than the Pedres Blanques above but has the same silky purity and sensual harmony. Superb! Importer’s notes.