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2024 Côte-Rôtie “Les Roses”
Barruol / Lynch
Every summer, I visit Louis Barruol’s cellar in the Rhône Valley to taste through barrels of Côte Rôtie he has sourced from a collection of the appellation’s best terroirs. They have been whole-cluster fermented, and once our blending exercise is over, he bottles without filtration, exclusively for shipment to the United States. The cool 2024 vintage yielded Syrahs with a striking floral bouquet, so I sought to capture this trait by blending the most exquisitely perfumed barrels in Louis’ cellar—you’ll see exactly why we call our cuvée “Les Roses.” The seductive aromatics and feathery tannins could not come from Syrah grown anywhere else on Earth.
—Anthony Lynch
| Wine Type: | red |
| Vintage: | 2024 |
| Bottle Size: | 750mL |
| Blend: | Syrah |
| Appellation: | Côte Rôtie |
| Country: | France |
| Region: | Northern Rhône |
| Producer: | Barruol / Lynch |
| Winemaker: | Louis Barruol |
| Vineyard: | 30 - 50 years |
| Soil: | Schist |
| Farming: | Lutte Raisonnée |
| Alcohol: | 12.5% |
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About The Producer
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Louis Barruol is an indefatigable force in the Rhône, the 14th generation in his family to be making wine in Gigondas. On what was once the site of a Roman villa, Louis’ cellars show spectacular remains of Roman vinification vats carved into the limestone. Here, Louis works with different grape varietals from the Rhône, vinifying each parcel separately. He’s taken to acting as a micro-négociant, working with top growers in the region who still work with Sérine. Producing only a few precious barrels of each cuvée, Louis is helping to save the authenticity and identity of old Côte Rôtie parcels. Together, he and Kermit blend our Northern Rhône wines and a Southern Côtes du Rhône Blanc and Rouge from a selection of Louis’ purchases.
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Kermit once said...
Kermit once said...
Living wines have ups and downs just as people do, periods of glory and dog days, too. If wine did not remind me of real life, I would not care about it so much.