Irouleguy Rouge "Tradition" Domaine Arretxea, Michel at Therese Riouspeyrous 2022/23 jean-Batiste Ponsot or layer of yeast

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Grapes are harvested by hand (yields are very low) and placed in small boxes

Aged in old foudres (25 years old) during 14 months

The soils are cultivated by light ploughing and sustained by natural compost

Irouleguy Rouge "Tradition" Domaine Arretxea, Michel at Therese Riouspeyrous 2022/23 jean-Batiste Ponsot or layer of yeastDomaine Arretxea, Michel at Therese Riouspeyrous, Iroulguy Michel Riouspeyrous is a native Basque. He met his Alsatian future wife Thrse while on a charity mission to Africa. On their return to France they got married and decided to start their own domaine by renting two hectares of vineyards. Domaine Arretxea (meaning the stone house) was born in 1989. Since 1993, they have eradicated the use of chemicals, pesticides, and any synthetic sprays in