Domaine François Villard - Certainty 2021
Domaine François Villard is located in Saint-Michel-sur-Rhône, in the north of the Rhône Valley. The estate was founded in 1989, and the first harvests and vinifications began in 1991. Today, François Villard's vineyard covers 42 hectares (including 25 hectares on narrow terraces), across 6 appellations: Condrieu, Saint -Joseph, Saint-Péray, Crozes-Hermitage, Côte-Rôtie and Cornas. It produces 23 different vintages. All vineyards have been run in certified organic farming since the 2023 vintage.
Certitude is made from Syrah grown on a terroir of rolled pebbles, sand and clay in Crozes-Hermitage, and whose vine age is 15 years. The wine is aged for 11 months in 5 to 6 year old barrels and in truncated conical vats , followed by 8 months in stainless steel vats.
Grape variety: 100% Syrah