Anders Frederik Steen AFS Let’s Eat the World 2016

Let's Eat the World We Want to Live In is a 2016 Vin de France red from Anders Frederik Steen and Anne Bruun Blauert, made at the cellar of Gérald and Jocelyne Oustric at Domaine Le Mazel in Valvignères, southern Ardèche. The blend is 40% Sauvignon Blanc, 20% Carignan, 20% Syrah, and 20% Grenache Noir, sourced from organically farmed vineyards on clay and limestone soils.

The Sauvignon Blanc was pressed directly and allowed to begin fermentation for approximately two weeks before the juice was poured over the destemmed red grapes in a cuve. The full blend then macerated together for a total of 18 days before pressing. Fermentation continued outside in a fiberglass vat for nine months, with a racking in March 2017 and bottling on August 3, 2017. The wine clocks in at 13.2% ABV.

Nothing was added or removed: no sulfur, no fining agents, no filtration. The result is a genuinely unusual wine — a co-fermented white-over-red blend that sits outside any appellation, classified simply as Vin de France. The Sauvignon Blanc provides lift and aromatic energy while the Carignan, Syrah, and Grenache Noir deliver structure and dark fruit. The wine has a feral, juicy character with garrigue undertones and a lightly savoury finish that reviewers have noted is typical of the 2016 vintage from Steen.