Krya Vayots Dzor Sev Areni 2021 NO20230816 René Rostaing's uncle Marius Gentaz

René Rostaing's uncle Marius Gentaz and father-in-law Albert Dervieux were legends of the appellation

notes of rose and hints of strawberry

and Gemina remains the soulful heart of the lineup

which sits just below Premier Cru vineyard status

Krya Vayots Dzor Sev Areni 2021 NO20230816 René Rostaing's uncle Marius GentazVayots Dzor is the region where archaeologists dug up the world's oldest known winery, a 6,000 year old operation in the Areni 1 cave, and people there are still making wine from the Areni grape. Krya is the project of Tatevik Gabrielyan and Jean Paul Berger, who rebuilt her family's old cheese factory into a winery surrounded by 70 year old vines, and who farm with no pesticides or chemicals. Sev Areni is the darker skinned strain, deeper in color