Cote Rotie Flashcards

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Jamet: Inaugural vintage

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1976 - vineyard acquisition and farming began in 1950 by Joseph Jamet

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Jamet: Major vineyard sites

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Côte Brune: schist
Côte Blonde: granite
Côte Rozier: schist
Lancement: granite
La Landonne: schist
La Gerine: schist
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What is Jamet’s single vineyard bottling?

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Côte Brune, produced every vintage

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Jamet: Punchdowns v. Pumpovers

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Punchdowns for destemmed lots,

pumpovers for whole cluster lots

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Jamet: Oak treatment

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20% new on Côte-Rôtie
35% new on Côte Brune
225L and 550L barrels

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Who is the current head of Domaine Jamet?

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Jean-Paul Jamet; his brother Jean-Luc left in 2013, taking the Lancement parcel with him.

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Gentaz-Derviaux: Last vintage

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1993

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Gentaz-Derviaux: Major vintages

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1978, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990

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Rostaing: First Vintage

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1971

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Rostaing: Inheritance

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The vineyards of Marius Gentaz-Derviaux and Albert Derviaux via his wife, Christine (daughter of Albert and niece of Marius): 4.4ha in total.

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Rostaing: Wines

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Classique. Blend of sites. Called Cuvée Ampodium in the USA.
La Landonne
Côte Blonde (includes 5% viognier; the other bottlings are 100% Syrah)

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Rostaing: Vineyards

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Côte-Rôtie: La Landonne (iron oxide, schist)
Fongeant
Côte Brune
Côte Blonde: (decomposed granite)
La Viallière
Condrieu: Côte Bonnette (granite, clay)
Sainte-Agathe (granite)
Côte Châtillon
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Rostaing: Winemaking

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Partial destemming - higher % in Classique than the single vineyards
Fermented in stainless steel
Aged in barrique and 550L demi-muid, max 20% new
Fining, no filtering

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What is Domaine Puech-Chaud?

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Rostaing’s Languedoc property, on the eastern edge between Nimes and Sommières

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Guigal: Origins

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Founded in 1946 by Etienne Guigal after working as cellarmaster for Vidal-Fleury for 15 years. Marcel joined in 1961. The major turning point came in 1984 when E. Guigal bought Vidal-Fleury and its 12ha of vines, roughly 35% of the Côte Rôtie harvest.

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Guigal: Winemaking

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Hand-harvested (at least the estate wines)
Destemmed as merited by vintage
Sulphur applied pre-fermentation, which has cut usage in half
Pumpovers for lots from Blonde, Punchdowns for lots from Brune

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Where do Guigal’s barrels come from ?

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Coopered by Seguin-Moreau at the Chateau d’Ampuis; Guigal is a partner in the business, so essentially coopers in house.

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Guigal: Aging

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36mos for Brune et Blonde
38mos for Chateau d’Ampuis
42mos for La La’s and Ex-Voto
100% new oak for La La’s, Ex-Voto, and Condrieu La Doriane as well.

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Chateau d’Ampuis

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93/7 from 3 climats in Côte Blonde and 4 climats in Côte Brune, average age 40-50 years. First vintage 1995.

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La Mouline

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89/11, average vine age 60 years. Climat on the Côte Blonde. First vintage 1966.

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La Landonne

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100% Syrah, average vine age 20 years. First vintage 1978.

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La Turque

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93/7, from a climat on the Côte Brune planted in 1980. First vintage 1985.

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Ex-Voto

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Guigal’s Ermitage bottlings
White: 93 Marsanne/7 Roussane from Murets and l’Hermite
Red: Bessards, Greffieux, l’Hermite, Murets

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Guigal: Total Production

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90,000 cases, including the negoce

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Production on the La La’s

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La Mouline: 5,000-6,000btls
La Landonne: 10,000btls
La Turque: 5,000btls

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What is La Pommière?

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A vineyard site in the Côte Brune, bottled separately once in 1989 as a tribute to Etienne after his death. Typically goes into Chateau d’Ampuis.

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La La’s - Comparatively Speaking

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La Mouline: soft and plump, earliest to mature and earliest to fade
La Landonne: biggest, darkest, and most tannic of the three, very long lived but with many dark periods
La Turque: between the two - more aromatic than Landonne, but more muscular in structure than Mouline.