COUNTRY :
France
REGION :
Rhône Valley
PRODUCTION :
4,500 bottles/year
Romain Le Bars
Romain Le Bars is part of a band of young vignerons (Valentin Valles, Sébastien Chatillon, Gregory Guillaume, and Charles Soulier) who are putting the deep southern Rhône/Gard on the natural wine map in a significant way. Romain works a minuscule 1.50 hectare vineyard and had his first harvest in 2018. Before bottling his first vintage, he spent 7 years working for Tavel legend Eric Pfifferling (Domain L’Anglore) and that influence is evident in the glass! The wines are mostly blends of Grenache and Syrah, vinified in used wood barrels, that are either carbonically macerated or direct press. These are light, zero-zero wines made in the same spirit as his former employer. In other words, light in color and powerful in expression! Romain is certainly a name to pay attention to as these tiny production wines have garnered an immediate following!
Roussanne Pet Nat
Region: Rhône Valley
Grape: Roussanne
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: direct press, disgorged
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: minimal
“Le Clau”
Region: Rhône Valley
Grape: Ugni Blanc
Vineyard Size: 1 hectare
Soil: loamy clay
Average Age of Vines: 60 years
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: direct press
Aging: 8 months in barrel
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: minimal
La Roussanne
Region: Rhône Valley
Grape: Rousanne
Vineyard Size: 1.50 hectares
Soil: clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines:
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: direct press
Aging:
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
“Le nuits de Java”
Region: Rhône Valley
Grape: Cinsault, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah
Vineyard Size: 1.50 hectares
Soil: clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines:
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: direct press, spontaneous fermentation in barriques with indigenous yeasts, carbonic maceration
Aging: in barriques
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
“Les Secondaires”
Region: Rhône Valley
Grape: Ugni Blanc, Roussanne
Vineyard Size: 1.50 hectares
Soil: clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines:
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: direct press, spontaneous fermentation in barriques with indigenous yeasts, carbonic maceration
Aging: in barriques
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
Tavel
Region: Rhône Valley
Grape: Cinsault
Vineyard Size: 1.50 hectares
Soil: clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines:
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: direct press, spontaneous fermentation in barriques with indigenous yeasts, carbonic maceration
Aging: in barriques
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
“À 2 c’est mieux”
Region: Rhône Valley
Grape: Cinsault, Carignan
Vineyard Size: 1.50 hectares
Soil: clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines:
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: direct press of Cinsault, carbonic maceration of Carignan, spontaneous fermentation in neutral oak with indigenous yeasts
Aging: in neutral oak
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
Tavel
Region: Rhône Valley
Grape: Grenahce, Syrah
Vineyard Size: 1.50 hectares
Soil: clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines:
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: direct press, spontaneous fermentation in barriques with indigenous yeasts, carbonic maceration
Aging: in barriques
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
Lirac Rosé
Region: Rhône Valley
Grape: Mourvèdre
Vineyard Size: 1.50 hectares
Soil: clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines:
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: direct press, spontaneous fermentation in neutral oak with indigenous yeasts
Aging: in neutral oak
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
Lirac
Region: Rhône Valley
Grape: Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah, Cinsault, Carignan
Vineyard Size: 1.50 hectares
Soil: clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines:
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: carbonic maceration, spontaneous fermentation in barriques and cuves with indigenous yeasts
Aging: in barriques and cuves
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
“Homme de la roche”
Region: Rhône Valley
Grape: Carignan
Vineyard Size: 1.50 hectares
Soil: clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines:
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: spontaneous fermentation in neutral oak with indigenous yeasts, carbonic maceration
Aging: in neutral oak
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: 8 mg/L
“Nouveau Nez”
Region: Rhône Valley
Grape: Carignan, Cinsault, Mourvèdre, Grenache
Vineyard Size: 1.50 hectares
Soil: clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines:
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts, carbonic maceration
Aging: in stainless steel
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
“Pousse Cailloux”
Region: Rhône Valley
Grape: Grenache, Syrah
Vineyard Size: 1.50 hectares
Soil: clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines:
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: spontaneous fermentation in barriques and cuves with indigenous yeasts, carbonic maceration
Aging: in barriques and cuves
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none