2020 | Clusel-Roch | Cote Rotie Cuvee Vialliere (Magnum)

A rich, organic 100% Syrah from Northern Rhône, offering a deeply concentrated core of dark fruits, violet, and spice. Its fine, elegant tannins and vibrant mineral-driven acidity give this magnum structure, balance, and an exceptionally long, sappy finish.

Producer Information

Domaine Clusel-Roch is an elite, multi-generational family estate located in Verenay, the northernmost village of Côte-Rôtie within France’s Northern Rhône Valley, celebrated as a pioneering force for organic viticulture on the region's near-vertical terraces. Established in its modern form in 1989 when Gilbert Clusel and Brigitte Roch combined their family lineages—which trace back to a 1935 planting of Les Grandes-Places using Serine, an ancient, low-yielding clone of Syrah—the estate secured organic certification in 2002 and is masterfully directed today by fourth-generation vigneron Guillaume Clusel. Managing an expanding 14-to-18-hectare estate that spans steep, manual-intensive plots of decomposed mica-schist and iron-rich arzels in Côte-Rôtie and Condrieu, alongside Gamay and Aligoté parcels in the Coteaux du Lyonnais, the family enforces a strictly minimalist cellar philosophy. Hand-harvested fruit undergoes partial destemming, spontaneous fermentation with indigenous wild yeasts, and gentle aging for up to two years in large, neutral Burgundy oak barrels with a maximum of 20% new oak and minimal sulfur adjustments. The resulting highly allocated portfolio is headlined by their single-vineyard masterpieces—including the legendary Les Grandes Places and the mineral-driven La Viallière—alongside their approachable Les Schistes cuvée, all yielding an incredibly pure, chiseled Northern Rhône style that flawlessly balances structural power, dark fruit, and peppery, floral complexity.

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