Cros des Calades 'Gavel' Sauvignon Blanc 2022

The Gavèl Sauvignon is, a dry white wine, offers a combination of fruity, fresh citrus and herbal tones, with the added fragrance of white flowers. Crafted with natural winemaking techniques, this vintage is a refreshing mix of flavor and aroma.

Cros des Calades is a new project from Benoit and Florence of Château de la Selve in Ardèche, France, both are farmed organically, and the wines are made naturally. Benoît, who is a charming fast-talker, headed straight into the vines waxing poetically in Franglais about this wild Ardechois terroir, arguably one of the least-tamed in France, planted to rocky, rolling hillsides and peppered between national parks featuring steep, swimmable river gorges where French adventure-seekers come for their summer holidays. In terms of wine, the Ardèche is akin to the Cotes du Rhone, but more fun. There’s far less pressure here to hit certain marks of ‘typicity’, so the region has fostered winemakers like Benoit and Florence who make something fundamentally new out of Grenache and Syrah.