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Côte-Rôtie La Viallière 2016 de Jean-Michel Gerin
Commentaire du domaine : La robe est intense aux reflets violines. Les arômes s'expriment avec intensité, mêlant des notes de tabac et de cassis frais, d'épices douces et de menthol.
En bouche, les tanins encore légèrement fermes s'affirment avec noblesse. La finale, tout en fraîcheur est persistante offrant des senteurs sagement vanillées aux accents de boîte de Havane.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Joe Czerwinski, déc. 2019) : 90+?/100. All Syrah, from vines planted 15 years ago, the 2016 Cote Rotie la Viailliere matured in new 500-liter demi-muids. It's tarry, toasty and plummy, but it doesn't show as much depth or richness on the palate as I was expecting. It's still an attractive medium to full-bodied effort with a silky mid-palate, then coarse wood tannins on the finish. Those could resolve within a year or two, inching up my rating another point or two. Drink date 2020 - 2030.
Jean-Michel Gerin's sons, Michaël and Alexis, are running the domaine now, presiding over 12 hectares of vineyards in Côte Rôtie. There's a small production of Vins de France (from their own and purchased fruit) and Saint-Joseph (exclusively from purchased fruit). The wines here have been oaky for as long as I can remember, but in vintages when the fruit is naturally ripe and concentrated, they achieve a rich, velvety balance. That's especially evident with the leap in quality from 2016 to 2017 and 2018. According to Michaël, yields are pretty much always 30-32 hectoliters per hectare. "What's important is the concentration of flavor and the quality of the tannins," he said. He described 2017 as "very different from ’16, for keeping a long time." While '16 was "soft, delicate, almost like Burgundy," he said; in 2017, they "had to make a delicate wine from very strong grapes." He made fewer pump-overs to avoid extracting too much tannin, a step that seems to have yielded lovely results. Both the 2017s and 2018s are wines worthy of considerable attention.
Fiche technique rédigée par le domaine:
Cette cuvée est le fruit de beaucoup de travail sur presque 10 ans, défrichage, mise en place des chemins, des murs, plantation (sur les années 2003 et 2004). Puis quelques temps plus tard le premier millésime (2009) de ce terroir si particulier.
Surface : 1,75 hectares sur lieu-dit " la VIALLIERE"
Nature du sol : Micaschiste
Encépagement : 100 % Syrah
Situation : Vigne en coteaux, exposition sud sud-est
Age des vignes : 9 ans
Vinification : Egrappage à 100 %. Macération pendant 4 semaines.
Elevage : Demi-muids 100% neufs (barriques de 500 litres) durant 18 mois. Malo faite en barriques
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