Côte Rôtie, Les Schistes
    Clusel Roch

    Côte Rôtie, Les Schistes, 2018

    93/100
    Vinous
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    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    Ripe, soft red fruit aromatics precede an intense palate dominated by loganberry and cherry, with a faint touch of bramble. Powerful yet composed, the ripe red berry-orientated fruit is bound by intense but voluptuous tannins. The sensual, engaging fruit crescendos across the palate into more arid, savoury overtones of herb, salt and sandalwood - adding a welcome complexity that offsets the richness of the kirsch note on the finish. A blend largely from the schist, south-east facing vineyards of the Verenay commune including the lower part of Viaillere, Champon and Le Plan. As ever a proportion of whole bunches have been used in fermentation, a little larger than normal given the ripeness of the crop - 50%. Ageing is in oak barriques for at least 15 months with less than 15% new wood.

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    Critic Reviews

    93/100
    Josh Raynolds,
    Vinous
    Saturated ruby. Displays candied blue fruits, cherry, pungent flowers, olive and baking spices on the highly fragrant nose. Sweet and precise on the palate, offering mineral-laced blueberry, cherry-cola and violet pastille flavors that are braced by a spine of juicy acidity. Smoothly blends power and delicacy and finishes long and spicy, with discreet tannins adding framework and gentle grip.
    drinking window 2024 - 2032
    date of review 12/2022

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Rhone
    Appellation:
    Côte Rôtie
    Producer:
    Clusel Roch
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Syrah
    abv:
    14%

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