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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.8 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 41 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by mmcdds on 12/14/2023 & rated 91 points: This was delightful tonight with lots of softer, well integrated dark blue and black fruit, earthy sanguine notes, some graphite undertones and well integrated tannins on the mid length finish. All in all, quite nice and sadly my last bottle. This did need about an hour in the decanter to open. (248 views) | | | Tasted by pbaek on 10/21/2023: Beautiful nose of flowers, tar and smoked meat. Elegant style, lively fruit, tar, bacon fat, flowers. This is vraiment Côte-Rôtie. There’s more complexity compared to my last bottle in 2016 and while this great now, there is no need to hurry up. (331 views) | | | Tasted by Xavier Auerbach on 3/10/2023: Fourth bottle from a half case purchased at auction in 2010. I'm on the fence about this bottle. At 18 years of age it is almost preternaturally fresh and youthful, no doubt sustained by its acidity and (still pretty fierce tannins). It isn't until the second day that some evolution becomes apparent. Stylistically it is pure, precise and transparent, and it would be elegant if it didn't have these grainy tannins. There is a lot of lift on the nose - a bit too much in fact, the level of volatile acidity is very high, and the finish sometimes seems to turn slightly acetic. I don't think that this is technically correct, so I will not rate it. (1302 views) | | | Tasted by Xavier Auerbach on 12/20/2021 & rated 92 points: Third bottle from a half case purchased at auction in 2010. More than 95% Syrah (sélection massale) with some complanted Viognier, vineyards in the north of the AOC, organic viticulture (ULASE certified since 2004), part whole bunch, fermented with indigenous yeasts, aged for two years in barrique (1/3 new), bottled with minimal sulphur, 12% ABV. Last tasted in February 2020, when I was worried that the tannins might outlast the fruit - a concern with many 2005's all over France. Will they ever come round? This bottle seems to have finally escaped the grip of the tannins, and the aromas of crushed red berries, peaches and flowers are starting to show again after a closed phase that lasted the better part of 15 years. Directly after opening the nose feels quite dusty, but after an hour or so this character recedes. It does come across as quite nerveux - almost a bit volatile on the nose and the finish. I am optimistic, but I need to retaste. Provisional score. (1858 views) | | | Tasted by JohnMcIlwain on 4/2/2021 & rated 90 points: After a few weird bottles this has settled into a nice place. Salty, savory, leather, plum. Well within its good place. Definitely worth a look. (1363 views) | | | Tasted by Paul D on 11/8/2020 & rated 91 points: 5/12, good cork. Decanted 1 hr.
Youthful appearance - deep ruby core, narrow pale ruby rim. Aromatic, bright nose with spicy red fruit, florals, touch of bacon. Medium bodied, elegant, with spicy red fruit which floats pleasantly across the mid-palate, bacon notes, fine tannins, vibrant acidity carrying a good length, spicy finish. Lovely, classic Cote-Rotie which seems to me to be just starting to fire but with plenty left in the tank - to 2030ish? (1380 views) | | | Tasted by bertie on 2/22/2020 & rated 91 points: Tasting Note after an hour: Quite dry to start with but softened with something to eat. Typical Clusel style; a Burgundian lightness. Some fruit on the palate but fading; very light leather note. Lovely wine to drink and appreciate. Has peaked and unlikely IMHO to last much longer. (1298 views) | | | Tasted by AFulk on 2/22/2020 & rated 89 points: A bit short and not as much going on as I would have liked. Not great, not bad either. (1473 views) | | | Tasted by Xavier Auerbach on 2/6/2020 & rated 90 points: Pristine bottle. Not tasted since November 2015, so time to revisit. The style remains dusty and leathery, but there is some ripe fruit, and the tannins have softened considerably, even if they remain firm on the finish. It’s a masculine, energetic, athletic wine, but this is not why I buy Côte Rôtie. Eventually the tannins will overwhelm the fruit, and the wine is a bit oxidative on the second day, so don’t wait too long. (1531 views) | | | Tasted by CMN on 2/4/2019 & rated 88 points: Garnet colored with a reticent nose of red fruit and earth. Red fruit, spice, earth and minerals on the palate. The fruit is ever so slightly roasted. Appropriate acidity, tannins are fine-grained.
Drinks you get than it’s age. Good, but lacks an extra gear to be very good, let alone great. 12%abv. (1274 views) | | | Tasted by LW31 on 2/2/2019: Rather disappointing, a bit tough and angular. There's good material here but hard to find. Tannic finish. (1123 views) | | | Tasted by MC2 Wines on 2/2/2019: La Tablee: Grand Tasting (26 Bridge Street, Brooklyn): Great again to get some age. Lots of darker fruits, more herbal notes. Some of those exotic spices again. Very pretty wine. Amazing for the price. (1401 views) | | | Tasted by hprphf on 2/2/2019: La Tablee 2019: Less sensual but still elegant. (1268 views) | | | Tasted by mmcdds on 1/6/2019 & rated 90 points: This was in a good place tonight with lots of earthy, meaty, almost chewy, sanguine characteristics that leaves the dark cassis fruit as a fairly reserved undertone. All in all, quite nice and drinking well with a PnP. (991 views) | | | Tasted by pernod on 12/31/2017 & rated 89 points: Deep red, clear edge, thick slow drops. Red currant, turpentine, gooseberry, undergrowth, leather, vanilla nose. Red currant, some lemon, undergrowth, red fruit taste. Still tart, fruity with light tannic structure overall. Should last years more, though this bottle was not as rich and luscious as the previous one. (1473 views) | | | Tasted by pernod on 11/19/2016 & rated 91 points: Deep red, quick thin drops, clear edge appearance. Blackberry, raspberry, leather, undergrowth, vanilla, spices nose. Blackberry, leather, raspberry, undergrowth taste. Bright fruit, smooth tannins with a slight bite, very delicate. (1916 views) | | | Tasted by Sonoffalstaff on 3/13/2016 & rated 84 points: Another disappointment as with 01. Comments below are accurate in terms of what I think the style being targeted is but I have to say it was just thin from nose to finish. I wonder if these wines have to be left for a really long time. I hope so will try again in 5 years or so. (2353 views) | | | Tasted by pbaek on 3/2/2016: First bottle from a case of 12. It's been a while since I've had a genuine Côte-Rotie, but here we go. A beautiful, floral nose, understated, calm. Pure and understated on the palate, precise and focused with lively, pebbly fruit. Very young still, fresh acidity, this has years to go. This is feminine, almost Burgundian in style, yet there is a hint of meat and smoke. Vraiment Côte-Rotie. (2534 views) | | | Tasted by mmcdds on 2/23/2016: In a good place (2408 views) | | | Tasted by Xavier Auerbach on 11/1/2015 & rated 90 points: Transparent but lively colour, very youthful for age, hardly any evolution even after a decade; deep and dusty nose, very stony, some black fruit and spice but needs a lot of time in the decanter to open up hesitantly to smoked bacon and black pepper; the palate is very dry and tannic, masculine, taut and energetic, tightly coiled but virtually devoid of any charm and elegance; austere finish but length is good to very good. If my score seems non-committal, it is. Clearly a long-haul wine, but I wonder if this will ever come out of its tannic shell? (2322 views) | | | Tasted by bugdoced on 2/23/2014 & rated 90 points: opened up in 30 minutes to french clay and some tart fruit
nice pairing with wood fired pizza (2340 views) | | | Tasted by gew71walsh on 2/13/2014 & rated 90 points: Drank during PAX. Deep purple color. Took a while in the glass. Minimal fruit at first, but developed after an hour. Dark fruits on the palate- nice balance, but not overly complex. A good northern Rhone Syrah. (1848 views) | | | Tasted by nytiger on 12/10/2012 & rated 89 points: very good (2559 views) | | | Tasted by Obalde on 11/25/2012: med+ ruby w/ decent water line; med developing, leather, black pepper, floral, red fruit; dry, med+ acid, med+ tannin (slightly chewy), med body/alcohol, med intensity/finish, good (2636 views) | | | Tasted by nytiger on 5/1/2012 & rated 91 points: very nice (2692 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Clusel-Roch Producer website - Read more about Clusel Roch wines
Founded by René Clusel in 1969, the winery is now run by his son, Gilbert. In 1989 the domaine changed its name to Domaine Clusel-Roch, borrowing the name of Gilbert's wife, Brigitte Roch, and giving the newer, larger winery its own identity.
Today the property is still tiny: just 3.5 hectares in Côte Rôtie and just half a hectare in Condrieu. The vines are planted on terraces along the Côte Rôtie, with two wooden stakes tied above each vine to help protect against the region's occasionally howling winds. Having officially converted to organic farming practices in 2002, most work in the vineyards is done manually, without the use of any chemical fertilizers.
In order to even better express the tradition of the vineyard, the domaine only uses vines from their own selection of Syrah plantings, which are grafted in their own small nursery. According to Gilbert, these traditional Ampius vines are less productive and give more complex aromas than available modern selections. When harvest time comes, the grapes are manually selected, and fermented with indigenous yeasts, furthering the site purity in each wine.
With annual production hovering at about 1250 cases per year, Domaine Clusel-Roch is able to focus all their attention on each aspect of the winemaking, from vine to bottle, and it shows! Syrah Varietal article (Wikipedia) | (Wines Northwest)
Note that some producers in the Northern Rhone distinguish between simply Syrah and "Serine", the latter described as ‘an ancient clone of Syrah, the berries of which are more oval-shaped and less deeply pigmented than Syrah’ by producer Tardieu-Laurent. France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comRhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Rhone Valley The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
### Wine Scholar Guild's Rhône valley vintage charts & ratings ###Northern Rhône Guide to the wines and appellations of the Northern Rhone Valley -
The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
Regional History:
Phocaean Greeks established viticulture in the Rhone as far back as 600 BC, but until the 14th century the wines were not seen outside the region. The establishment of the Avignonese Papacy (1305-1377) brought fame to the region's wine-so much so that their Burgundian neighbors to the north banned wines from the Rhone in 1446, a measure that effectively cut off trade with England and other Northern European markets for over 200 years. Stretching southward from Lyon to just south of Avignon, the Rhone produces a wide variety of wines, with the appellations north of Valence producing the least (in volume), and the towns south of Montelimar producing prodigious amounts. As in other regions, the most interesting wines come from small farms. Saint-Joseph, in the northern Rhone, extends for some distance between Condrieu in the north to Saint-Peray in the south. The reds are made from Syrah and the rare whites from Marsanne and Roussanne, and Viognier.
### 2017 vintage ###
"The first red wines already tasted in the Northern Rhône promise a beautiful vintage, with a quality close to the 2015 or even the 2009 vintage" - NEWRHÔNE MILLESIMESCôte-Rôtie Guide to Cote Rotie - Read about the Northern Rhone Valley
• The Appellation cover three communes - Saint-Cyr-sur-Rhône, Ampuis and Tupin-Semons - on the right Rhône river bank, within the Rhône "département".
• Soils : In the northern part of the vineyard, the Côte Brune, consists of extremely steep, terraced slopes of ferruginous mica schists which are covered with schist sand (arzel).The Côte Blonde has a varied geology with gneiss and granite predominating at the most southern side of the appellation.
• Climate : tempered continental. Dry, hot summers and frequent rainfalls during the other seasons. History : one of the oldest vineyards in France, first developed by the Romans. It is said that during the Middle Ages, "The Seigneur de Maugiron" bequeathed a hillside to each of his daughters, one was brunette and the other fair. Thus, were born the names of "Côte Brune" and "Côte Blonde".
• Area planted : 230 hectares (568 acres), for an annual production of 8,400 hectoliters (93,333 cases). Authorized maximum yield is 40 hectoliters/hectare (2,3 US tons/acre).
• Grape Varieties : Syrah (80% minimum). An addition of up to 20% of Viognier grapes in the crop is allowed.
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