Stephane Ogier Cotes du Rhone Rouge Le Temps Est Venu 2023 SF Chronicle It's juicy and fruit-forward with

It's juicy and fruit-forward with supple tannins and enough freshness to keep the glass moving

that has previously only been available at local restaurants and bars

sweet licorice

farms a few hectares in Arlay at the center of the region and has since added parcels in Poligny

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Stephane Ogier Cotes du Rhone Rouge Le Temps Est Venu 2023 SF Chronicle It's juicy and fruit-forward withLe Temps est Venu means "the time has come," and for Stephane Ogier it meant heading south. He built his reputation on the vertiginous slopes of Cote Rotie, then went looking for old vines in the southern Rhone, landing on Grenache and Syrah from Plan de Dieu and Visan, planted on clay limestone, with decades of age behind them. The fruit is hand harvested and sorted with the same fuss he applies to his top bottlings, which is emphatically not how