This is a remarkably unique and rare bottling from Hirotake Ooka of Domaine de La Grande Collinewho works 3.8 hectares of vines throughout the Northern Rhne in southern France. Cornas is a smalland enormously veneratedAOC in the Northern Rhne that produces only red wine from 100% Syrah.

Vinification: 100% Syrah from a .5 hectare vineyard site, the grapes are hand-harvested from 25 year-old vines atop granitic soil. Spontaneous fermentation is kickstarted by native yeasts in oak. The wine then ages for 24 months in oak barrels. Unfined, unfiltered, no additional SO2.