Les Jardins, Côtes du Rhône Villages Séguret, Domaine Adrien Emond 2025

This is a very exciting new addition to our well-established Rhône range with the first ever vintage of a young winemaking talent, Adrien Emond. Adrien has worked at some of the most prestigious wine estates in Burgundy including Domaine Cécile Tremblay, François Carillon and Faiveley as well as Santa Duc in Gigondas. He is now working at Beaumes de Venise estate Château les Applanats and having fallen in love with this diverse region was passionate about creating his own project. This Côtes-du-Rhône Villages Séguret comes from 2.3 hectares of vineyards planted to grenache, syrah, and Mourvèdre and from vines with 50+ years of age. Adrien is working using organic practices and working to the lunar calendar with the aim of working biodynamically in the future. A non-interventionist approach is followed with an extended cold fermentation (over a month) using native yeasts, with light pump overs and punch downs and minimal sulphur addition. Whole-cluster fermentation (20%) gives an attractive floral lift and tannin grip. The wine is aged for eight months, of which just over a third is in Burgundian demi-muid barrels. This red is bursting with red and blackberry fruits, sour cherries with hints of mint, thyme and rosemary. Wildflowers combine with savoury spice notes with a juicy core and a chalky tannin grip.