Dard & Ribo Crozes-Hermitage Les Karrieres 2019

Natural wine legends, Jean René Dard and François Ribo were one of the first natural wine producers in the town of Mercurol, Northern Rhone. Their classic, refined wines from 8.5ha in Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage and Saint-Joseph are highly sought by collectors for their cellars.

The wines of Dard & Ribo highlight the purity of the fruit, with a delicate finesse and the lightness whilst enhancing the peculiarities of a unique terroir like the Rhone.

Quantities are tiny of course and whilst their red wines are remarkable, don't sleep on their white wines (which account for 35% of their production whereas most producers in Rhone would have just 10%).