Producer notes from Juice Imports:

"After a few train-related mishaps, Thibaud Capellaro picked me up from the Gare St-Clair-Les-Roches. We drove north across the river to his modest winery in Condrieu. Despite being born in such an iconic appellation, his family wasn’t in the wine business. After attending business school, Thibaud decided to pursue his love of wine, studying in Beaune and then working with iconic producers in both the Rhone (Perret, Duclaux, Devay) and Australia.

His project started in earnest in 2018 after acquiring a tiny plot in Cote-Rotie and leasing sites, and buying fruit from like-minded farmers in Saint Joseph, Coteaux du Lyonnais, and the Ardèche (Clusel-Roch and Le Mazel). His farming expectations are demanding, so finding worthy contracts is a struggle.

The ancient cellar is filled with fermentation and ageing vessels, including oak barrels of nearly every size and small ceramic eggs. The wines are fermented with indigenous yeasts, undergo natural malolactic conversion, and are bottled with minimal SO2."

About the cuvee:

Terra is 100% Syrah from the Ardeche, where it is grown on clay-limestone soils. It was made with 100% whole cluster inclusion, and was aged in a combination of amphoras and neutral oak.