Artisans Partisans, Lo Petit Fantet d’Hippolyte Rouge, Languedoc, France

Who - Pierre Bories, Artisans Partisans, Chateau Ollieux Romanis
Where - Fabrezan, Corbieres, Languedoc, France
What - Red Wine - Carignan, Grenache, Syrah
When - 2024
How  - Organic, spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts, stainless steel, undergoes malolactic fermentation, no added sulphites, Vegan

This has become a firm favourite at Iron & Rose, the one with the tractor. Bags of character from a beautiful, organically farmed vineyard in the south of France. Mainly Carignan with a dollop of Grenache and Syrah and no added sulphur, it's got garrigue herbs and ripe red fruit flavours. You could even say ebullient in character, an underused word in our opinion.