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 Blonde: granite Côte Rozier: schist Lancement: granite La Landonne: schist La Gerine: schist
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. Blend of sites. Called Cuvée Ampodium in the USA.
La Landonne
Côte Blonde (includes 5% viognier; the other bottlings are 100% Syrah)
Rostaing: Vineyards
Côte-Rôtie: La Landonne (iron oxide, schist) Fongeant Côte Brune Côte Blonde: (decomposed granite) La Viallière Condrieu: Côte Bonnette (granite, clay) Sainte-Agathe (granite) Côte Châtillon
Rostaing: Winemaking
Partial destemming - higher % in Classique than the single vineyards
Fermented in stainless steel
Aged in barrique and 550L demi-muid, max 20% new
Fining, no filtering
What is Domaine Puech-Chaud?
Rostaing’s Languedoc property, on the eastern edge between Nimes and Sommières
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
93/7 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 Murets and l’Hermite
Red: Bessards, Greffieux, l’Hermite, 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 Turque: between the two - more aromatic than Landonne, but more muscular in structure than Mouline.
La Landonne: biggest, darkest, and most tannic of the three, very long lived but with many dark periods
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
