{"product_id":"chatons-de-garde-andrea-calek-syrah-natural-wine","title":"Chatons de Garde 2018","description":"\u003cp\u003eChatons de Garde is Andrea Calek's barrel-aged Syrah from his 5-hectare estate in Alba-la-Romaine, southern Ardeche. The vines are 25 to 55 years old, planted in calcareous clay soils between the villages of Valvigneres and Alba-la-Romaine. The estate is Ecocert certified and farmed without synthetic inputs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhole bunches undergo a 21-day carbonic maceration, then the wine is aged in old 228-litre Burgundy barrels that have seen anywhere from 12 to 20 previous uses. This approach extracts texture and fruit without imposing oak character. No sulfites are added at any stage; the wine goes to bottle unfined and unfiltered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2018 is labeled Vin de France, giving Calek flexibility outside the IGP framework. It shows the structured, food-driven side of his range: firm but fine tannins, lively acidity, and a profile that lands somewhere between a northern Rhone Syrah and something wilder and more immediate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChatons de Garde translates loosely as 'guardian kittens,' named for the cats that roam the estate. The back label reads 'Deconseille aux chiennes' ('Not recommended for female dogs') a characteristic provocation from Calek.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrea Calek","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34693670174872,"sku":"CALEGARD18C","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/andrea-calek-chatons-de-garde-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1630818024","url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/products\/chatons-de-garde-andrea-calek-syrah-natural-wine","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}