Cote Rotie: La Vialliere 2006
Description
Never amongst the heaviest wines at Côte Rôtie, this is a Domaine associated with elegance and finesse. The Champet wines are ‘bien classique’ with fine berry fruit and violet aromas preceding a palate of dark, orchard fruit and well-integrated tannins.
- Style: Red Wine, Dry (Sec), Medium-bodied
- Region: Rhone, Cote Rotie,
- Producer: Joël & Roman Champet
- Vintage: 2006
- Grape variety (Cépage): Syrah
- Wine pairing - drink with: Beef, Lamb, Game
- Cellarage: Approachable from bottling this wine will age well in the medium term, 5-10 years.
- Vinification: The Champet wine-making ethos is traditional, with no de-stemming and a 2-3 week cuvaison in cement vats with a little remontage. The wine is then racked into 550 litre demi-muids for 18 months prior to bottling. There is no fining or filtration.
- Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 12.5%
- Full Tasting Notes (PDF): Download
What others think of this wine...
Anthony Rose - The Independent, 19/11/2011 says:All the peppery quality and sheer clarity of northern Rhône syrah you desire, with a textural, spicy-fruit quality and savoury spine of acidity designed to offset gammon or honey roast ham.
Jane MacQuitty in The Times on Saturday, 22/10/2011 says:Côte Rôtie, literally the roasted slope, is one of the steep granite vineyards of the northern Rhône producing some of the region's greatest syrah-dominant reds. As such, you could easily pay twice the price from one of Champet's competitors for a red of this calibre. The Champet Côte Rôtie comes from a single plot in the La Viallière vineyard, whose heavy clay soil is typical of the celebrated Côte Brune area, with this grand 2006 delivering magnificent elegant, aromatic, spicy, leather and sandalwood flavours. And you can drink from now until 2016.
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