- Colour Red
- Producer Domaine Clusel-Roch
- Region Côtes du Rhône
- Drinking 2022 - 2026
- Case size 6x75cl
- Available Now
2020 - Côtes du Rhône Les Vergers Clusel Roch - 6x75cl
- Colour Red
- Producer Domaine Clusel-Roch
- Region Côtes du Rhône
- Drinking 2022 - 2026
- Case size 6x75cl
- Available Now
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Goedhuis, November 2021
First made in 2019, this straight Côtes du Rhône from one of the region’s top Côte Rôtie producers is incredibly rewarding. Les Vergers hails from a 4.5 hectare plot situated north of Ampuis and just outside the Côte Rôtie appellation. The vines were planted in the early 2000s and sit on schist-sanded soils. This 2020 sees 30% whole bunch fruit and 24 months ageing in oak (15% new). Brimming with pretty red fruit, it is reminiscent of a Côte Rôtie with its elegant perfume of violets, rose, smoke and iron. Soft, gentle tannins and sweeping acidity makes this so light-footed and elegant on the palate. A silky wonder with a wealth of fruit, it offers earlier drinking Côte Rôtie finesse at a keen price.
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John Livingstone-Learmonth, November 2021
dark red robe; this has a bold, iron-blood filled bouquet, intensity in the red fruit, smoky fissures, rose petals on the premises. The palate presents an appealing flow of red cherry fruits, has flair, and a tight line of tannin, clear tannin. It finishes with a lightly floral precision, is most harmonious, gives cool, crystalline drinking, on the naked side, very pure. There are notes of the scented Lapsang Souchong tea on the palate. “I judged the harvest date just right this year,” Guillaume Clusel. From 2024. 2035
Producer
Domaine Clusel-Roch
Nestled below the steep slopes of the Côte Brune, this impeccably tended, bio-dynamically farmed domaine makes textbook Côte-Rôtie wines from very old parcels of Syrah. Understated yet complex, the wines are celebrated for their incredible purity and elegance, combining Syrah’s natural muscle with what we can only describe as a Burgundy-like finesse. Over the past few vintages Guillaume Clusel has made his mark on his paren...Read more
Nestled below the steep slopes of the Côte Brune, this impeccably tended, bio-dynamically farmed domaine makes textbook Côte-Rôtie wines from very old parcels of Syrah. Understated yet complex, the wines are celebrated for their incredible purity and elegance, combining Syrah’s natural muscle with what we can only describe as a Burgundy-like finesse. Over the past few vintages Guillaume Clusel has made his mark on his parents’ estate. The delicate handling in the vineyard and cellar results in wines with lower alcohol than many of their neighbours, and means they produce hugely pure, distinctive wines that avoid any over-extraction. Guillaume never employs a cold soak prior to fermentation and uses a high proportion of whole bunch fruit. As a result, the wines are often paler in colour than their neighbours. From 2016 onwards the estate no longer produces their young vine cuvée, ‘La Petite Feuille’, as the vines have reached sufficient maturity to be included in the main Côte Rôtie blend, ‘Les Schistes’ (formerly known as ‘Classique’). Rhône expert John Livingstone-Learmonth describes Les Grandes Places as ‘a formidable wine of challenging complexity and well worth the outlay.’ Jancis Robinson cites them as one of the most reliable producers in Côte Rôtie while Vinous’ Josh Raynolds thinks the wines are “among the most graceful of the appellation”.Read less
Region
Côtes du Rhône
The largest of the Rhône appellations, it is also has the most breadth and variety in its styles. Its hierarchy ranges from the fruity and ultra light Côtes du Rhône Primeur (made by carbonic maceration), to the standard Côtes du Rhône, to the more concentrated versions of Côtes du Rhône Villages and Côtes du Rhône Villages with 1 of 16 specified villages attached to the label. It is generally known for its fruit forwardness and easy drinkability. Most of the vineyards are found in the southern valley whose main variety is Grenache; however, there are smaller areas in the northern valley that uniquely grow Syrah, therefore producing a very different wine.
