Domaine Clusel-Roch Les Grandes Places Cote Rotie, Rhone, France 2021 Rosso di Montalcino We were overjoyed

We were overjoyed

Aromas of coffee beans

powerful style that carries ample darker cassis and blue fruits as well as scorched earth

​Joshua Cooper Wines are produced and bottled in the Macedon Ranges

The higher and flatter exposition of the Niederberg suggests that it may be one of the cooler sites

Domaine Clusel-Roch Les Grandes Places Cote Rotie, Rhone, France 2021 Rosso di Montalcino We were overjoyedBased in Verenay, the northernmost village in Cte Rtie, this tiny 3. 5 hectare domaine is run by Gilbert Clusel, his wife Brigit, and their son Guillaume. Gilberts grandfather planted the foundation of the winery in 1935, the vineyard now known as Les Grandes Places, using a low yielding clone of Syrah called Serine. All subsequent plantings have been selection massale from that vineyard, a rarity in the region as higher yielding material became more