…enigmatic phrase, ‘ le Viognier à Côte Rôtie est plus légende que réalité ': a subject for debate at the next Northern Rhône symposium perhaps? He can be somewhat unpredictable, eschewing new wood, yet using industrial-looking roto-fermentors. One thing is for sure; he is not too keen on the apparently facile division of Côte-Rôtie into mere Brune and Blonde; it is far more complex than that.
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…enigmatic phrase, ‘ le Viognier à Côte Rôtie est plus légende que réalité ': a subject for debate at the next Northern Rhône symposium perhaps? He can be somewhat unpredictable, eschewing new wood, yet using industrial-looking roto-fermentors. One thing is for sure; he is not too keen on the apparently facile division of Côte-Rôtie into mere Brune and Blonde; it is far more complex than that.
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…Gattinara and Boca nearby) is the Nebbiolo equivalent of Côte Rotie, while the Langhe is your Hermitage, or even Châteauneuf-du-Pape!
The other key difference from the Langhe, as Odilio explains in the video, is that Bramaterra is a blend of 80% Nebbiolo (the spine of the wine) and 20% Croatina (colour, fruity perfume), Vespolina (spiciness) and Uva Rara (low tannin, low acid, table grape ripeness) blended together as grapes to capture the magic of the site. They …
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…with the Northern Rhône appellations of Hermitage and Côte-Rotie, where it produces wines of phenomenal elegance and longevity. It is tremendously flexible, and can make elegant and restrained wines as well as wines bursting with fruit and oak, in locations as diverse as France, California, South Africa, and Australia. In the 1650s, South Africa was the first country outside France to plant Syrah, but it has never been more than a minor variety there. In Australia, however, …
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…appellations that are small and compact and really do make sense. I have no doubt that there's a Côte-Rotie terroir. I believe there's a Chambolle-Musigny terroir. Ditto for Pauillac. But then you have a day like I did, traversing up and down the mountain, looking at it from various perspectives, and you appreciate how complicated things really are up there. Different elevations, exposures, different soil patterns and, as Kan Krupp informed me, different weather patterns. When …
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…l'odour de violette '. He then throws in the enigmatic phrase, ‘ le Viognier à Côte Rôtie est plus légende que réalité ': a subject for debate at the next Northern Rhône symposium perhaps? He can be somewhat unpredictable, eschewing new wood, yet using industrial-looking roto-fermentors. One thing is for sure; he is not too keen on the apparently facile division of Côte-Rôtie into mere Brune and Blonde; it is far more complex than that.
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…Côte-Rôtie, La Landonne on soils high in iron oxide and the opulent floral seductive Côte-Rôtie, Cote Blonde from calcareous and quartz soil. At Côte-Rôtie Syrah is grown on the most northern edge of where the grape will ripen (like Cabernet Sauvignon in Bordeaux and Pinot Noir in Burgundy). The result is complex wines that reflect vintage conditions and soil, and it is the vintage difference that makes these wines so fascinating.
After Rostaing we drive to Domaine Michel…
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…my blog: ‘Bramaterra, Gattinara and Boca - the Côte Rotie of Piedmont?!' ) There I had met a new generation coming through, mostly speaking a different language to that of their parents ( Conti, Barbaglio, Antoniotti, Vallana); there were stirrings of new (foreign) investment ( Le Piane, Nervi, Montalbano); I had heard how the regulations were changing rapidly to reflect a rising demand for Nebbiolo ( Boca, Bramaterra); and how the ( US) market was now taking …
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…apart from the rigours of bringing up six young children, also farm 12 hectares spread over the appellations of Côte-Rôtie, Condrieu and St Joseph. Their newly renovated domaine is located in Chavanay, not far from Cuilleron, and the majority of their holdings are in the southern enclaves of Côte-Rôtie and Condrieu and not too far away from the property in St Joseph.
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…appellation of Condrieu, located in the northern Rhone just south of Côte Rôtie, makes white wine exclusively from the Viognier grape variety. Condrieu is the homeland of Viognier and is considered the benchmark for fine examples throughout the wine world. This example, pale gold in color, exhibits aromas of mandarin orange, pretty lilac scents, hay, and a touch of [dried] apricot and peach that extends to the palate with good viscosity and acid balance ending with a nice dash of spice …
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