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Clusel-Roch 'Les Grandes-Places' Cote-Rotie 2019
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- TASTING NOTE: "Glass-staining ruby. A highly perfumed bouquet evokes ripe dark fruits, baking spices, smoked meat and potpourri, accompanied by building olive and licorice notes. Sappy, sharply delineated blackberry, bitter cherry, licorice and espresso flavors turn sweeter with air and pick up a smoky mineral quality that adds support and back-end cut. Chewy and spicy on the impressively persistent finish, which shows excellent detail and gripping tannins. One-third whole clusters. (Drink between 2027-2037)." 96 Points - Josh Raynolds, Vinous
- ABOUT THE WINE: 100% Syrah from selection massale, average age of vines is 80 years old from 1 ha in the “Grandes-Places”. The soils are iron & mica-schist. Certified organic—harvest and sorting by hand. Grapes are put into tank by gravity, partially de-stemmed, and fermented with their indigenous yeasts. The extraction is purposefully gentle and the wine is aged for 2 years in oak barrels (25% new) with no filtration before bottling.
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ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Based in Verenay, the northernmost village in Côte Rôtie, this tiny 3.5 hectare domaine is run by Guillaume Clusel, who recently took the reins from his loving parents, Gilbert & Brigit after their retirement. His great-grandfather planted the foundation of the winery in 1935, the vineyard now known as ‘Les Grandes-Places’, using a low yielding clone of Syrah called Serine. All subsequent plantings have been selection massale from that vineyard, a rarity in the region as higher yielding material became more prevalent. The Clusel family was also early believers in the advantages of organic farming, and would become pioneers of the movement within the region as they converted fully in 1990.
- COUNTRY: France
- REGION: Northern Rhone
- SUB-REGION: Cote-Rotie
- VARIETAL: Syrah
- WINE STYLE: Red Wine
- WINEMAKER: Guillaume Clusel
- CLASSIFICATION: Organic Farming
- CLOSURE: Cork
- ABV%: 14%
- SIZE: 750ml
