2012 CÔTE RÔTIE La Viallière Domaine Clusel-Roch, Lea & Sandeman

CÔTE RÔTIE

2012 La Viallière Domaine Clusel-Roch

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

Denser richer fruit nose, spice, woodsmoke, quite glossy, blackberry, cherry fruit core. Palate has greater ripeness, dark fruit, spice, meat and toasty oak. Drinking range: 2018 - 2028 L&S (Nov 2015)


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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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