Cote Rotie Flashcards
Jamet: Inaugural vintage
1976 - vineyard acquisition and farming began in 1950 by Joseph Jamet
Jamet: Major vineyard sites
Côte Brune: schist
Côte Rozier: schist
La Landonne: schist
La Gerine: schist
Côte Blonde: granite
Lancement: granite
What is Jamet’s single vineyard bottling?
Côte Brune, produced every vintage
Jamet: Punchdowns v. Pumpovers
Punchdowns for destemmed lots,
pumpovers for whole cluster lots
Jamet: Oak treatment
20% new on Côte-Rôtie
35% new on Côte Brune
225L and 550L barrels
Who is the current head of Domaine Jamet?
Jean-Paul Jamet; his brother Jean-Luc left in 2013, taking the Lancement parcel with him.
Gentaz-Derviaux: Last vintage
1993
Gentaz-Derviaux: Major vintages
1978, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990
Rostaing: First Vintage
1971
Rostaing: Inheritance
The vineyards of Marius Gentaz-Derviaux and Albert Derviaux via his wife, Christine (daughter of Albert and niece of Marius): 4.4ha in total.
Rostaing: Wines
Classique. 100% Syrah from all of the lieux-dits except for La Landonne and Côte Blonde. Called Cuvée Ampodium in the USA.
La Landonne
Côte Blonde (includes 5% viognier; the other bottlings are 100% Syrah)
Condrieu “La Bonnette”: from Cote Bonnette and Sainte-Agathe
Rostaing: Vineyards
Côte-Rôtie:
La Landonne (iron oxide, schist)
Fongeant
Côte Brune
Côte Blonde: (decomposed granite)
La Viallière
Condrieu:
Côte Bonnette (granite, clay)
Côte Châtillon
Sainte-Agathe (granite)
Rostaing: Winemaking
Partial destemming - higher % in Classique than the single vineyards (30-40% in Classique, 10% in single vineyards)
Fermented in stainless steel
Aged in barrique and 550L demi-muid, max 20% new
Fining, no filtering
The Condrieu has been fermented and aged entirely in stainless steel since 1998 and completes its malolactic fermentation.
What is Domaine Puech-Chaud?
Rostaing’s Languedoc property, on the eastern edge between Nimes and Sommières in Langlade
Guigal: Origins
Founded in 1946 by Etienne Guigal after working as cellarmaster for Vidal-Fleury for 15 years. Marcel joined in 1961. The major turning point came in 1984 when E. Guigal bought Vidal-Fleury and its 12ha of vines, roughly 35% of the Côte Rôtie harvest.
Guigal: Winemaking
Hand-harvested (at least the estate wines)
Destemmed as merited by vintage
Sulphur applied pre-fermentation, which has cut usage in half
Pumpovers for lots from Blonde, Punchdowns for lots from Brune
Where do Guigal’s barrels come from ?
Coopered by Seguin-Moreau at the Chateau d’Ampuis; Guigal is a partner in the business, so essentially coopers in house.
Guigal: Aging
36mos for Brune et Blonde
38mos for Chateau d’Ampuis
42mos for La La’s and Ex-Voto
100% new oak for La La’s, Ex-Voto, and Condrieu La Doriane as well.
Chateau d’Ampuis
93% Syrah, 7% Viogner from 3 climats in Côte Blonde and 4 climats in Côte Brune, average age 40-50 years. First vintage 1995.
La Mouline
89/11, average vine age 60 years. Climat on the Côte Blonde. First vintage 1966.
La Landonne
100% Syrah, average vine age 20 years. First vintage 1978.
La Turque
93/7, from a climat on the Côte Brune planted in 1980. First vintage 1985.
Ex-Voto
Guigal’s Ermitage bottlings
White: 93 Marsanne/7 Roussane from l’Hermite and Murets
Red: Bessards, l’Hermite, Greffieux, Murets
Guigal: Total Production
90,000 cases, including the negoce
Production on the La La’s
La Mouline: 5,000-6,000btls
La Landonne: 10,000btls
La Turque: 5,000btls
What is La Pommière?
A vineyard site in the Côte Brune, bottled separately once in 1989 as a tribute to Etienne after his death. Typically goes into Chateau d’Ampuis.
La La’s - Comparatively Speaking
La Mouline: soft and plump, earliest to mature and earliest to fade
La Landonne: biggest, darkest, and most tannic of the three, very long lived but with many dark periods
La Turque: between the two - more aromatic than Landonne, but more muscular in structure than Mouline.
Three Climats in St-Cyr-sur-le-Rhône
Vérzerance
Planèze
La Chapuise
Le Village
Le Remilly
Cumelle
Les Chanavaries
Le Mont
Montlis
Servonnière
Plany
Bourrier
Three Climats in Ampuis
La Gerine
Vérenay
Grandes Place
Viallière
Basses Viallière
Côte Rozier
Rozier
La Landonne
Fongeant
Côte Brune
Chavaroche
Côte Blonde
Lancement
Three Climats in Tupin et Semons
Bons Arrèts
Tupin
Coteaux de Tupin
Pimontins
Collet
But de Mont
Maison Rouge
Les Bercheries
Béton
Corps de Loup
Semons
Maisons Blanches
Coteaux de Bassenon
