Crozes-Hermitage ‘Les Rousses’ is 100% Marsanne planted on fluvio-glacial alluvium soils, the vineyard is located near the village of Mercurol. No pesticides is used to protect biodiversity, only organic manure is used to fertilize, Hand-harvested, the grapes are gently pressed, indigenous yeasts start the fermentation, the wine is fermented and aged in 300l foudre and Burgundian barrels for 8 months, with no racking. Enticing aromas of peach, pear, blanched almond and white flower. The palate is well balanced between the roundness of the variety and freshness brought by the terroir.
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BodyFull
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CountryFrance
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RegionRhône
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Colour/StyleWhite
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Grape Varietymarsanne
Description
Yves Cuilleron initially worked as an engineer before being hit by the wine bug at age 26. He went to train at Ecole Viticole of Macon for a year then came back home, at the foot of Condrieu and Côte Rotie’s hills and took over the family’s 3.5-ha estate. Vineyards here are steep. The topography demands farmers perform most labour by hand, a happy example of geography creating the necessity to do things correctly in the vineyard. And for the area of the northern Rhone surrounding Cuilleron’s Domaine, perhaps the 1800s were better times. Over the course of the 20th century the great AOCs of this area were nearly relegated to historical footnote status, names that wine lovers knew but never had the opportunity to taste. As prices for local wines rise, the situation is changing again and this time for the better, but for most of the last century the lure of an easier suburban life in Lyon or Vienne led much of the population from these fields, and landowners that remained often sold large parcels in the area to developers for vacation homes. The famously steep terraces that line the Rhone fell into disrepair, and often disappeared back into the bramble. So, the return of Yves Cuilleron to resuscitate his uncle’s farm is not only significant for a single individual or Domaine.
Details
ABV | 14 |
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Categories | Pending, France, Rhône, White Wine |
Recommended Glass Pairing
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