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Name: Domaine DARD ET RIBO C EST LE PRINTEMPS 2021
Brand: Vitis Epicuria
Price: 32.4 EUR
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Rating: 4.8 (113 reviews)

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Domaine DARD ET RIBO C EST LE PRINTEMPS 2021

Appellation : CROZES HERMITAGE

Millésime : 2021

Color : Red

-10% Regular price €36.00

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Domaine DARD ET RIBO PITROU 2020

Appellation : SAINT JOSEPH

Millésime : 2020

Color : Blanc sec

-10% Regular price €69.00

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Domaine Dard et Ribo is a landmark reference in the northern Rhône Valley for natural wines. Established in Mercurol since 1984, René-Jean Dard and François Ribo cultivate 9 hectares across the appellations of Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, and Saint-Joseph, where they craft unextracted Syrah and whites from Roussanne and Marsanne, vinified without additives or added sulphur. Pioneering yet reserved, they embody a radical vision of drinkability and fruit purity.

L'histoire du domaine

The story of Domaine Dard et Ribo begins in 1984 in a back street of Tain-l'Hermitage, when René-Jean Dard and François Ribo — born in two villages facing each other across the Rhône, Tournon in the Ardèche and Tain-l'Hermitage in the Drôme — decided to establish their estate. The two men had met a few years earlier on the benches of the wine school in Beaune while still in their late teens. At the outset, the vineyard consisted of just one hectare inherited from the Dard family; the rest was rented or gradually acquired over the decades. From the very beginning, René-Jean and François adopted an approach that was radical for the time: natural vinifications, spontaneous fermentations, without added sulphur — a practice then almost unheard of in the northern Rhône Valley. Far from seeking a "natural" label, they were simply trying to make living wines, drinkable and faithful to their terroirs. Their reputation was built quietly, carried by the first natural wine bars in Paris in the 1980s and 1990s, which immediately recognised the singularity of these bottles. Today, the estate spans 9 hectares and radiates worldwide, yet René-Jean and François have remained absolutely faithful to their original philosophy.

Le terroir

The vineyard of Domaine Dard et Ribo extends across a mosaic of parcels scattered over seven communes in the northern Rhône Valley, with a majority in Crozes-Hermitage, vines in Saint-Joseph, and a few precious acres in Hermitage. The soils are remarkably diverse: granite between Mauves and Tournon, sandy granite in Saint-Jean-de-Muzols, red clay and rolled pebbles on the hills of Larnage, kaolin (white clay used for porcelain) in certain parcels of Crozes. This geological variety nourishes the estate's philosophy, founded on a rigorous parcel-based approach: each terroir is vinified separately, then blended or bottled as a special cuvée depending on the vintage. The vineyard has been farmed naturally since the 1980s — no chemical treatments, ploughing of soils, extreme attention paid to every vegetative stage. In the cellar, the approach is radically non-interventionist: spontaneous fermentations with indigenous yeasts, around 10% of grapes foot-trodden, whole-cluster vinification for reds, ageing in 600-litre demi-muids, slow decanting of juices, no filtration, no added sulphur. A philosophy summed up by François Ribo: "What we like is natural wine because it's alive, wine that does not necessarily have to be kept — just drunk and drunk again."

Les vins

The Dard et Ribo range comprises around ten cuvées depending on the vintage, with a remarkable proportion of whites (35% of production, a very high figure for the region). In red, Syrah reigns supreme, expressed in several forms: the Crozes-Hermitage blend (parcels Les Pins, Chavanessieux), the Saint-Joseph, the spring cuvée C'est le Printemps crafted from the first harvested grapes and bottled as early as March, and the single-vineyard cuvées Les Bâties (red clay in Larnage), Les Champs (hard granite in Tournon), Pitrou (sandy granite in Saint-Jean-de-Muzols), not to mention the Hermitage red from old vines. In white, the estate excels with wines from Roussanne and Marsanne: Crozes-Hermitage white blend, Saint-Joseph white 100% Roussanne, Pitrou white from late harvest, Les Karrières and Pé de Loup on kaolin. The Dard et Ribo style is immediately recognisable: wines of finesse, tension and fruit purity, without forced extraction, with impertinent drinkability and a saline minerality running through the entire range. Wines made to be drunk young, yet capable of ageing gracefully.

Le vigneron

René-Jean Dard and François Ribo form one of the most singular and discreet duos in French viticulture. René-Jean, the intrepid one, and François, the quiet strength, have complemented each other with rare complicity for over forty years. Both trained at the wine school in Beaune, they charted a radically different course from that followed by their Rhône neighbours from their establishment in 1984 — a path they have never deviated from since. René-Jean began making wine at the age of 15, following in his father's footsteps, who never sulphited his wines; it was only upon arriving at oenology school that he discovered with astonishment that adding sulphur was considered mandatory. Neither seeks notoriety — they participate in no trade fairs, refuse tasting events, and let their wines speak for themselves. Their philosophy can be summed up in a few words: make living wines, for immediate pleasure, with impertinent drinkability, while absolutely respecting the singularity of each parcel. Pioneers of natural wine in the northern Rhône Valley, they paved the way for an entire generation of winemakers, from Hervé Souhaut to Thierry Alexandre. But their ambition has never been to wear a label — simply to make the best wine possible, staying true to their deep conviction that "drinkability is what counts."

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