Vincent Ruiz Prima Materia 2022

A lively, powerful whole cluster grenache

Grenache (Garnacha, Cannonau)

$64.00

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Red Fruit, Black Fruit, and Pepper / Spice, Smokey

BODY: Medium
DRYNESS: Dry
ACIDITY: Medium +
TANNIN: Medium
ALCOHOL (%): Pronounced (12-14%)

Origin: Rhone Valley (Chateauneuf du Pape, Cote Rotie & More), France

Grape Varietals:
Grenache (Garnacha, Cannonau)

Winemaking:
Organic, Biodynamic, and Minimal Intervention
Whole Bunch, Wild yeast, and On Lees Ageing

Maturation: 7-12 Months Stainless Steel Tanks

Awards:

WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Pair with slow cooked lamb shanks or garlicy roasted vegetables.

ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Sio ba, Stir fry venison, Wagyu foie gras bowl

Vincent Ruiz

A young & upcoming winemaker in the Rhone Valley, he developed his skills in winemaking under Franck Balthazar, and started his own projects of negociant based wines in 2020, focusing on Grenache & Syrah based wines, preferring a minimalist approach

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Vincent Ruiz Prima Materia 2022

A young winemaker from Ardeche, he worked under Franck Balthazar in Cornas, and started running his own projects in 2020

Grape Varietals & Region: 100% Grenache from a friend's vineyard in the south of Ardeche, Rhone Valley

Taste Profile: A dark rich red wine that has been made with some serious thoughtfulness. This wine is bold with dark red fruit yet still supple and elegant. A complexity that is hard to match by the bigger wine makers.

Winemaking Process: A lively, powerful whole cluster grenache. Indigenous yeasts, 15 days of maceration in whole bunches, without punching down or pumping over, 8 months aging on fine lees, without added sulfites

Shouldered & Powerful Reds

Powerful modern reds with the ability to age. They tend to be very intense, with ripe fruit, firm tannins & drinkability either young or cellared.

They often have notes of forest floor, blackcurrant, mint & eucalyptus