- Colour Red
- Producer Domaine Clusel-Roch
- Region Côte Rôtie
- Grape Syrah
- Drinking 2024 - 2036
- Case size 6x75cl
- Available Now
2020 - Cote Rotie La Viallière Clusel Roch - 6x75cl
- Colour Red
- Producer Domaine Clusel-Roch
- Region Côte Rôtie
- Grape Syrah
- Drinking 2024 - 2036
- Case size 6x75cl
- Available Now
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Goedhuis, November 2021
This schist parcel in Côte Brune is particularly respected amongst Côte Rôtie locals. Its mid-slope position and high proportion of gravelly stones aid drainage and produce wines of great finesse as well as notable substance. This 2020 has a fresh and inviting nose peppered with mineral, floral, smoky and sweet spice complexities. The palate is wonderfully sleek with beautifully refined and pliable tannins that sit comfortably undeath the velvety dark and red fruit, wild thyme and lavender. There is a lingering, sumptuous and delightfully fresh finish. Drink 2024-2036.
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John Livingstone-Learmonth, October 2021
Dark red; a gentle blackberry aroma leads the nose, has a youthful openness, appeal, a bonny sweep to it. The palate is well juiced on the attack, flows with artful ease, pitter patter in the fruit, good, clear length with a nice accumulation of fine powder tannin. This takes its grace from the coteau and gives a true Viallière. It’s very refined, holds very fine juice, is STGT wine, Burgundian finesse on the agenda. From 2026. 2048-50.
Producer
Domaine Clusel-Roch
Over the past few vintages Guillaume Clusel has made his mark on his parents’ estate, which is nestled below the steep slopes of the Côte Brune. The style here has always been understated yet complex, where Burgundy-like finesse is combined with Syrah’s natural muscle. The domaine has some very old parcels of Syrah vines, and has been organically certified since 2002. The delicate handling in the vineyard and cellar results...Read more
Over the past few vintages Guillaume Clusel has made his mark on his parents’ estate, which is nestled below the steep slopes of the Côte Brune. The style here has always been understated yet complex, where Burgundy-like finesse is combined with Syrah’s natural muscle. The domaine has some very old parcels of Syrah vines, and has been organically certified since 2002. 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. This is certainly the case in 2017. 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’. Keep up!). Rhône expert John Livingstone-Learmonth describes Les Grandes Places as ‘a formidable wine of challenging complexity and well worth the outlay.’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.
