Outside the Temple 2023

Name: Outside the Temple 2023
Brand: Gloriville
SKU: gloriville-outsidethetemple-2023-12.5%-750ml
Price: 75.00 SGD
Availability: InStock

$75.00

Hebei, China · Red Wine · Medium Bodied

Outside the Temple is Chengzi's red blend from the Great Wall foothills of Huailai, Hebei, and a snapshot of how far northern China has come. Merlot leads at 45 percent, with a quarter of the indigenous Longyan grape and a good measure of Marselan, the Franco-Chinese crossing that has found a real home in Hebei. He farms biodynamically and makes wine the hands-off way he has since 2013: organic fruit, wild yeasts, no additions, no fining or filtering, no sulphur. Five months in old oak keeps it fresh and unforced. Bright red and dark berry fruit, a savoury, herbal edge and soft tannins, a dry red that drinks easily and honestly. Serve it with a light chill.

Pairing Suggestions

Savoury and grippy, it suits braising: hongshao rou or a bowl of zhajiangmian.
Or lamb dumplings, with black vinegar to dip them in.

About Gloriville

Chengzi Li grew up on his family's ten hectares in Huailai, Hebei, vineyards planted in 1999 to supply the big state-owned wineries, until a chance encounter with natural wine in Shanghai in 2013 changed everything. He took back the estate, stopped selling grapes, and began farming organically; by 2023 he had committed fully to biodynamic principles. In the cellar, nothing is added and nothing is taken away focusing on wild ferments, no fining, no filtration, no sulphur. The wines are alive in the truest sense: wild, honest, and rooted in a part of China that most wine drinkers have never thought to look.

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