CÔTE RÔTIE

2015 La Germine Domaine Benjamin et David Duclaux

Grapes Syrah, Viognier
Colour Red
Origin France, Rhône
District Northern Rhône
Village Côte Rôtie
ABV 13%

This is the Duclaux bothers main cuvée of Côte Rôtie, 97% Syrah with just 3% Viognier, made from several parcels of vines all over the property. While sharing the harmonious and delicate tread on the palate of the 'Chana', there's a bit more depth and seriousness here, more intensity and a little more tannic grip, but still the delicately-expressed black berry fruit and the fine refreshing acidity drawing out the length. Drinking range: 2018 - 2033 L&S (Jan 2018)


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From 30-year-old vines, the wine (20% whole-bunch fruit) spends 20 months in demi-muids and barriques, 20% new. Rich, fulsome blackberry palate with integrated new oak, good acidity and polished tannins. Needs time for the oak to settle. (MW) Drinking range: 2021 - 2026 Rating: 94 Decanter Magazine (Mar 2019)

Slightly deeper and darker and sweeter and more spicy than Chana. But also delicious. Tannins curve a fine, carved parenthesis around sweet-spiced red fruit. Less vitality and a tad more weight, but also long and built for the long term. Drinking range: 2020 - 2028 Rating: 17 Tamlyn Currin - www.JancisRobinson.com (May 2018)

Deep ruby. Heady cherry and dark berry aromas are complemented by smoky mineral, olive and spice nuances. Deep-pitched black currant and bitter cherry flavors show an appealing blend of power and finesse, and a subtle mocha flourish adds sweetness on the back half. Shows solid dark fruit thrust on the youthfully tannic finish, which leaves behind notes of candied violet and cracked pepper. Drinking range: 2023 - 2030 Rating: 92 Josh Raynolds, www.vinousmedia.com (Apr 2018)

Domaine Benjamin et David Duclaux

Over the past decade, the quietly unassuming Benjamin & David Duclaux have steadfastly raised the profile of the region with the quality of their wines. This is undoubtedly one of the top domaines in Côte-Rôtie and if you like elegant, bright Burgundian style Syrah then there is no better estate to seek out.

Founded in 1928 by Frédéric Caillet, the great-grandfather of brothers Benjamin and David and then developed by their father Edmond, the domaine consists of 5.8 hectares of vines above Tupin et Semons, in the southern end of the Côte-Rôtie appellation, where the bedrock is gneiss and granite.

Here the brothers are aiming to make the elegant style of wine which this rocky vineyard produces - and they certainly succeed. The Chana (Syrah with 7% Viognier) is a cuvée that is simply a 'gourmandise' , supple, aromatic, fresh, pure. The Germine (Syrah with 3% Viognier) and the Maison Rouge (100% Syrah) are more structured and, while they can be drunk young, they will give their best with some age. In 2018 a new cuvée was added, Côteaux de Tupin, 100% and whole bunch with barrel ferment, these are immense wines and need patience. The Domaine has also produced a small volume of Condrieu since 2014 from a rented vineyard that they tend to.

The wine-making is gentle, there is 20% whole-bunch in the Germine , but otherwise the grapes are de-stemmed. The Chana is aged in demi-muids, the others in smaller barrels - the Maison Rouge getting 40% new wood. All the cuvées, with the exception of Côteaux de Tupin , are ready to drink after 2-3 years but will age very nicely too. Production is limited to a total of around 2000 cases a year for the whole domaine.

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