CÔTE RÔTIE

2012 Domaine Clusel-Roch

Grapes Viognier, Syrah
Colour Red
Origin France, Rhône
District Northern Rhône
Village Côte Rôtie
ABV 12.5%

Nice nervy meat, spice and red cherry fruit, palate has lovely fruit ripeness, bright acidity, sappy, spicy, meaty with dark woodland fruit core and some wood notes on the finish. Drinking range: 2015 - 2027 L&S (Nov 2015)


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Stables, black cherry and violet – this is the most farmy side of Syrah, and it is hugely convincing. Dry and fibrous on the palate – still serious and firm in structure considering the age. A well-built vin de garde. Drinking range: 2016 - 2032 Rating: 17.5 Richard Hemming MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Jun 2018)

A beautifully crafted, organic Côte-Rôtie from Clusel Roch showing a smoky tarriness on the nose with a hint of herb too, the fruit is elegantly matched with an intense, sinewy dark berry and cherry fruit quality with a subtly rounded texture from well-handled oak maturation and a fine balancing freshness and purity. Rating: 92 The Wine Gang - www.thewinegang.com (Mar 2018)

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Domaine Clusel-Roch

From the 1950s to 1980 René and Josephine Clusel grew fruit and vegetables as well as grapes in Côte-Rôtie. Their son, Gilbert, with his wife Brigitte Roch, started to focus solely on the vineyards, and expanded the domaine a little.

Guillaume, Brigitte and Gilbert's son, joined the domaine in 2009 and is now in charge. He added significantly to the vineyard area, but mostly with the addition of Gamay in the Coteaux du Lyonnais. While the property is around 13 hectares, they still have only five hectares in Côte-Rôtie and just half a hectare in Condrieu. The vines are planted on terraces along the Côte-Rôtie, in the classic local style with two wooden stakes tied above each vine to help protect against the region's occasionally howling winds.

They were the first domaine to fully embrace organic practices and have been certified since 2002. They are a shining example of what can be achieved by hard work in the vineyards and truly artisan winemaking; their wines express the very best of this unique terroir up in the northern sector of Côte-Rôtie.

Les Schistes is the very approachable young cuvée from a selection of all plots, whilst the remaining cuvées are all single lieu dits. Annual production of Côte-Rôtie here still hovers at about 1250 cases per year. These are beautifully made wines with a very pure expression of place from this great region.

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