Condrieu, Verchery
Clusel Roch

Condrieu, Verchery,

Destination

vintage

Clusel Roch, Condrieu, Verchery, 2020

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note
Clusel Roch, Condrieu, Verchery, 2020

One of most airy, bright and elegant Condrieus you’ll find, without lacking character or intensity. At 12.5% natural alcohol this offers gentle, juicy fresh orchard fruits with hints of fresh picked flower. A beauty. Aged in used oak barrels with malolactic fermentation completed. Production is always small as Clusel Roch holdings amount to a mere 0.5ha, yielding rarely more than 2,000 bottles a year.

Maturity:
Keep
ABV:
12.5%

specifications

country:
France
region:
Rhone
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Producer:
Clusel Roch
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Allergen Information:
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Clusel Roch

Clusel Roch

This small artisanal Domaine, run by Brigitte Roch, Gilbert Clusel and their son Guillaume, only employs organic methods to work its vineyards and for some time have consistently had some of the lowest yields in the region. Such low yields and excellent vineyard sites help to produce excellent wines that are made in a gentle, pure and refined style. There is little new oak; depending on the vintage a large proportion of whole bunches may be included in fermentations and extractions are soft resulting in elegant, refined and characterful Côte Rôtie that age seamlessly. The standard cuvée is aged in one- and two-year-old barriques for a year, whilst wine from the old vines of Les Grandes Places require ageing in a proportion of new oak barriques, rarely more than 30-40%.

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