APPELLATION: Côte-Rôtie AOP
LOCALITY: Blend of different plots from Côte Blonde & Côte Brune (Coteaux de Bassenon, Le Goutay, L’Arselie, Besset, Gerine, Bourrier, Montlis)
VINEYARD SIZE: 5 acres
VINEYARD AGE: 5-30 years old
SOIL: Granite & mica-schist
GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Syrah
VINE DENSITY: 10,000 vines/ha (4,050 vines/acre)
YIELD: 40 hl/ha (2.6 tons/acre)
HARVEST: Manual. Double sorting process (in the vineyard and on the sorting table in winery).
WINEMAKING: 20% whole bunch. Cold maceration then fermentation. Native yeasts. Aged 18 months in oak barrels (20% new).
ALCOHOL BY VOLUME: 14.5%
CELLAR POTENTIAL: 10-15 years