Estezargues Cuvee des Galets 2019

A small, innovative co-operative in the small town of the same name just to the west of Avignon.There is only a small group of producer affiliates and the total vineyard area is around 400 hectares.

Their oenologist, Denis Deschamps, is a champion of natural winemaking which means using natural yeasts present in the bunches and the winery, adding as little to the wine as possible during its making, including sulphites at bottling, and avoiding fining and filtration in many of the wines. Though originally founded in 1965 it wasn’t until the 1990s that they adopted the approach that demanded quality in the vineyard and which has subsequently served to enhance their reputation.