Dard et Ribo, Hermitage, rouge 2018 (1.5L) LOIRE LUXE 98 points Wine Advocate The

98 points Wine Advocate The 2010 Cappella

A vaguely discernible mentholated top note can be found on the quite floral-suffused nose of elegant red and black cherry and a pretty array of subtle spice wisps

Leading off with the Grenache-driven efforts

As to his Chateauneufs

licorice and floral in the nose

Dard et Ribo, Hermitage, rouge 2018 (1.5L) LOIRE LUXE 98 points Wine Advocate TheRen Jean Dard and Franois Ribo have been making natural wines since 1983. There is a Shakespearean flair to the history of Dard et Ribo: born in towns that face one another across the Rhne, they came together as though making two halves of this place, split by a river, meet. They were fast friends at oenological school in Beaune over forty years ago where they decided to work together on the old Rhne vines of Ren Jean Dards father and to then vinify