- Colour Red
- Producer Domaine Patrick and Christophe Bonnefond
- Region Côte Rôtie
- Drinking 2020 - 2030
- Case size 6x75cl
- Available Now
2016 - Côte Rôtie Côte Rozier P C Bonnefond - 6x75cl
- Colour Red
- Producer Domaine Patrick and Christophe Bonnefond
- Region Côte Rôtie
- Drinking 2020 - 2030
- Case size 6x75cl
- Available Now
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Goedhuis, October 2017
This cuvée is sourced from the 40-50 year old vines in the Côte Rozier parcel (the younger vines are blended into the Colline de Couzou cuvée). The vineyard faces the river with an eastern exposure, and enjoys the constant flow of cool breeze moderating the searing heat of the summer sun. This gives the wine a tension and purity, and fragrant intensity to the black fruit. The tannins are fine, agile, and perfectly coated by the ripe fruit core at the centre of the palate. It finishes long, poised, and elegant.
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Josh Raynolds, June 2018, Score: 93-95
Bright violet. High-pitched, mineral-accented aromas of black raspberry, cherry pie and violet are complemented by a suave suggestion of exotic Asian spices. Sappy, pliant and alluringly sweet, offering palate-staining black and blue fruit and spicecake flavors and a subtle hint of mocha. Finishes sweet, focused and extremely long, displaying impressively delineated mineral and floral pastille notes and silky, harmonious tannins.
Producer
Domaine Patrick and Christophe Bonnefond
This estate in the commune of Mornas is perched up on the hills just behind the Côte Rôtie escarpment and is run by brothers Patrick and Christophe Bonnefond. The domaine’s style is a modern and polished approach to Northern Rhône Syrah. The wines have a compact richness, which is matched by up to 50% new oak in the top cuvées, giving the black fruit toasty smoky notes. The Colline de Couzou is a blend of fruit from the Côt...Read more
This estate in the commune of Mornas is perched up on the hills just behind the Côte Rôtie escarpment and is run by brothers Patrick and Christophe Bonnefond. The domaine’s style is a modern and polished approach to Northern Rhône Syrah. The wines have a compact richness, which is matched by up to 50% new oak in the top cuvées, giving the black fruit toasty smoky notes. The Colline de Couzou is a blend of fruit from the Côte Blonde and the Côte Brune, whilst the Rochains and Rozier both come from the heart of the Côte Brune whose schist and mica-schist soils typically give more structure to the wines than the finer, more delicate character of the granite soils found in the Côte Blonde. The Bonnefond vineyard sites are of exceptional quality; their Les Rochains parcel lies just next to Guigal’s La Landonne. The wines are never fined, and only undergo a light filtration before bottling. Christophe likes to include some press wine in the final blends, giving them a creamy richness. Their style is slick and seductive.Read less
Region
Côte Rôtie
Only a red wine appellation, Côte Rôtie is the most northern of all Rhône appellations and is produced mostly from Syrah, although Viognier may contribute up to 20% of the blend. Its terroir is divided into two categories. Côte Brune's soil is comprised of iron-entrenched granite giving thesoil a rich red-brown colour. As a result, it creates wine of notable power and concentration that usually needs time in the cellar to soften and develop. Heading south down the slope towards Condrieu, one encounters Côte Blonde, an area comprised of decomposed schist and mica that is lighter in colour and tends to produce elegantly styled wine for earlier consumption (most of the area's Viognier is grown here). Many traditional producers of Côte Rôtie feel that their best wines are a blend of the two.