2016 Côte-Rôtie Reserve, Domaine Michel et Stéphane Ogier
- Red
- Dry
- Full Bodied
- Syrah
- Joe Czerwinski
- 94/100
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Product: 20168024875
75 cl Bottle
150 cl Magnum
Description
In 2016, the Réserve cuvée is made up of parcels in
the lieu-dits of But de Mont, Fongeant, Côte Blonde,
Côte Rozier, Champon, La Viallière, Bertholon,
Montmain, Côte Bodin, Lancement and also, shared
judiciously with Le Village, parts of Besset and Leyat.
There is nothing so straightforward as a sub-division
of schist and granite, blonde and brune, north and
south for Monsieur Ogier. His philosophy is far more
ambitious, far more focused than that – epithets
which can both be applied to the young wine itself.
Of the multi-faceted components, I was especially
taken by Fongeant, with its descant of top notes, by
Bertholon, where there is a little more clay in the
soil, and by Champon, which I always consider to be a
stalwart with all the powerful potential that one has
come to associate with the Côte Brune. A Burgundian
aspiration, almost, with a Burgundian mindset and
distant Burgundian melodies play out through the
wine itself. Drink 2020-2026.
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer
the lieu-dits of But de Mont, Fongeant, Côte Blonde,
Côte Rozier, Champon, La Viallière, Bertholon,
Montmain, Côte Bodin, Lancement and also, shared
judiciously with Le Village, parts of Besset and Leyat.
There is nothing so straightforward as a sub-division
of schist and granite, blonde and brune, north and
south for Monsieur Ogier. His philosophy is far more
ambitious, far more focused than that – epithets
which can both be applied to the young wine itself.
Of the multi-faceted components, I was especially
taken by Fongeant, with its descant of top notes, by
Bertholon, where there is a little more clay in the
soil, and by Champon, which I always consider to be a
stalwart with all the powerful potential that one has
come to associate with the Côte Brune. A Burgundian
aspiration, almost, with a Burgundian mindset and
distant Burgundian melodies play out through the
wine itself. Drink 2020-2026.
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2016
Alcohol % 12.5
Grape List Syrah
Body Full Bodied
Property Domaine Stéphane Ogier
Critics reviews
Joe Czerwinski 94/100
An assemblage of 12 parcels, including a healthy portion of Lancement, the 2016 Cote Rotie Reserve is already approachable. Savory notes of meat and leather greet the nose, while the full-bodied palate delivers plenty of berry fruit. It's creamy and lush, with a long, raspberry-tinged finish. It's a lovely wine to enjoy now and over the next 15+ years.Joe Czerwinski - 31/10/2018
Drink 2023 - 2038
About this wine
Syrah/Shiraz
A noble black grape variety grown particularly in the Northern Rhône where it produces the great red wines of Hermitage, Cote Rôtie and Cornas, and in Australia where it produces wines of startling depth and intensity. Reasonably low yields are a crucial factor for quality as is picking at optimum ripeness. Its heartland, Hermitage and Côte Rôtie, consists of 270 hectares of steeply terraced vineyards producing wines that brim with pepper, spices, tar and black treacle when young. After 5-10 years they become smooth and velvety with pronounced fruit characteristics of damsons, raspberries, blackcurrants and loganberries. It is now grown extensively in the Southern Rhône where it is blended with Grenache and Mourvèdre to produce the great red wines of Châteauneuf du Pape and Gigondas amongst others. Its spiritual home in Australia is the Barossa Valley, where there are plantings dating as far back as 1860. Australian Shiraz tends to be sweeter than its Northern Rhône counterpart and the best examples are redolent of new leather, dark chocolate, liquorice, and prunes and display a blackcurrant lusciousness. South African producers such as Eben Sadie are now producing world- class Shiraz wines that represent astonishing value for money.
Domaine Stephane Ogier
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