Martin Texier 'La Rouvière' Blanc 2023 750ml

FRANCE : RHONE VALLEY : ARDECHE

ORGANIC : Roussanne, Clairette

MED-BODIED, PEAR, ALMOND, WHITE FLOWERS, NO OAK

Martin Texier is the son of Eric Texier, one of the Northern Rhône's best-known natural-wine producers, and struck out on his own in 2014 after a detour through economics, DJing, and wine retail in New York. La Rouvière comes off five hectares around Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban, farmed organically on granite, clay, and limestone — direct-pressed, settled, then fermented and aged entirely in stainless steel with no oak, and bottled the following spring. It's labeled Vin de France rather than an appellation, since the plots sit just outside the classic Northern Rhône AOC lines.

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