L'Arlequin Errant 2017

Price: $42.95
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Tasting notes

This is a rosé built on tension rather than weight: red fruit and wild rose aromatics cut through by the minerality of vertical schist soils right at the Spanish border. At a production of 300 to 1,200 bottles per cuvée, it is genuinely rare, and the zero-sulfite, native-yeast approach means what you get in the glass is exactly what the terroir and vintage gave.

BodyFruitTanninAcidity
Wild StrawberryPomegranateWild RoseMineral
Dry/Sweet:Dry
Wine Type:Rose Wine
Wine Style:Light Body
Grapes:Grenache
Farming:Biodynamic
Vintage:2017
Alcohol:13%
Country:France
Region:Roussillon
Appellation:Vin de France
Bottle Size:750ml
Sugar Level:Zero Added Sugar
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Producer profile

La Cave des Nomades

José Carvalho Moreira, known as Zé Tafé, grew up outside of Porto and spent his twenties working on organic and biodynamic farms across Europe while pursuing a career as a musician. In 2010, while harvesting fruit in Roussillon, he encountered Manuel Di Vecchi Staraz of Vinyer de la Ruca in Banyuls, whose natural wines became a turning point. After several harvests helping friends in the region, Zé acquired his first vineyard parcel in 2013 and made his debut vintage in 2014.

La Cave des Nomades operates across 12 parcels totaling roughly 3 hectares in and around Banyuls-sur-Mer. The parcels are planted primarily with old vines of Grenache Noir, Grenache Gris, Grenache Blanc, Carignan Noir, Carignan Gris, Mourvèdre, Syrah, Merlot, Macabeo, Muscat Petit Grain, and Chardonnay. Farming is strictly biodynamic: no pesticides, no herbicides, all grass removal done by hand, and no mechanization in the vineyard. Zé worked alongside peers including Bruno Duchene and Alain Castex and is a member of Les 9 Caves, the communal winery space in Banyuls.

In the cellar, Zé uses only native yeasts, adds no sulfites, and does not fine or filter his wines. Each parcel is vinified separately, sometimes sorted by grape color, with the choice of vessel changing instinctively each vintage between stainless steel tanks, old barrels, and amphorae of various shapes and sizes. Blending and bottling decisions are made after fermentation. Every cuvée is a micro-production of 300 to 1,200 bottles. The 2017 vintage was Zé's fourth year of production; his last Banyuls vintage was 2020.

Wine region

Roussillon, France

Roussillon occupies the southernmost corner of France, bordered by the Pyrenees to the west and south and the Mediterranean to the east. The Banyuls-sur-Mer area, where Zé farms, sits on the Côte Vermeille at the eastern tip of the Pyrenees, where the mountains drop directly into the sea. Slopes rise from the coast to over 400 meters, and the steep terraced vineyards are built on schist restanques, stone-walled terraces that date back centuries and make mechanization impossible. Soils are almost exclusively brown schist in vertical strata, lean and fast-draining, which forces vines to root deep.

The climate is Mediterranean: hot and dry in summer, with rainfall concentrated in violent autumn and spring storms. The Tramontane, a dry north-westerly wind, sweeps the region roughly one day in three, reducing disease pressure and allowing growers to minimize treatments in the vineyard. The area sits within the Banyuls AOC, whose formal designation covers vins doux naturels made primarily from Grenache Noir. Dry table wines from the same terroir are typically declassified to Vin de France or Collioure AOC. Key grape varieties across Roussillon include Grenache Noir, Grenache Gris, Grenache Blanc, Carignan, Mourvèdre, Syrah, and Macabeo.

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Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

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Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

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