Rapatel (Gérard Eyraud)

Gerard Eyraud does not like paperwork. He does not apply for organic certification, does not chase restaurant placements, and does not particularly care whether you call what he makes natural wine. What he cares about is the land his grandfather cleared in 1905 on the Camargue plain, the vines he has been tending since 1979, and the wines that come out of his maze of fiberglass tanks when he decides -- and only when he decides -- that they are ready to drink.

Domaine de Rapatel has been in the Eyraud family since Eyraud's grandfather established the estate in 1905 on an ancient monastery farm site near Caissargues, southeast of Nimes. Gerard Eyraud was born in 1950 and grew up between vineyards and livestock in the Camargue. Before taking over the domaine in 1979, he spent time as a Camargue bullfighter, a detail that gives some measure of his independence from convention. He signed his first vintages in the late 1980s and quickly earned recognition in early French natural wine circles. A devastating fire in 2016 destroyed nearly 7.5 hectares of vines, a significant blow to the estate, but Eyraud has continued to rebuild and farm what remains.

More on how they farm and work in the cellar in our Rapatel (Gérard Eyraud) producer profile.

Gitane Syrah 2012 by Gérard Eyraud from Rapatel, a natural wine from France's Rhône region

Rapatel (Gérard Eyraud) Gitane Syrah 2012

Rapatel (Gérard Eyraud)

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