Vin de France Syrah Lieu-Dit Rivoires

L’Etrangère

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Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Vin de France

Variety

Syrah

The single vineyard Les Rivoires lies in the plains at the border between Tournon and Mauves, just below the lieu-dit Saint Joseph. After taking a break from the vines for a few years to care for twin baby daughters, Nancy yearned to return to the vines and found an opportunity to farm this parcel by herself as a way to reconnect with the vines and make her own wine. It has been farmed organically since the start, vinified mostly whole-cluster in stainless steel, and aged in barrel for 15 months.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Les Rivoires (Tournon)

Vine ageVines planted in 2016

Vinification

70% Whole cluster, 30% destemmed. Fermentation in stainless steel tanks with native yeast.

Elevageaged 15 months in barrels

Harvest typeHand Harvested

More about
the producer

L’Etrangère

Founded in 2018

0.3 hectares

‘L’Etrangère’ means the foreign woman. Originally from Houston, Texas, Nancy Kerschen moved to Tournon to make wine with her French husband, Julien Cécillon, back in 2010. She quickly settled into life in the Northern Rhône, working part time as a local tour guide when not out working in the vines. Surprisingly, it was Nancy, the foreigner, not Julien, the local boy, who made many of the contacts for the young couple to acquire their first vineyards.

After taking a break from the vines for a few years to take care of their twin baby daughters, Nancy yearned to return to the vines and found an opportunity to farm just under a hectare of Syrah in the town of Mauves. The vines are located on the flat plains, at the edge (but not quite inside) of the Saint-Joseph appellation...