Inherited from his father, Alain Coudert is nicknamed the Marquis. With its rich texture and fine tannins on the palate, this cuvée has a pleasant bittersweet intensity. The structure is finer here, and the wine offers a distinctive expression. The wine is a success, a real personality to be discovered.
Features
Estate
Clos de la Roilette
Cuvée
La Griffe du Marquis
Vintage
2019
Designation
Fleurie
Region
Beaujolais
Grape varieties
100% Gamay vieilles vignes (plantées dans les années 30)
Terroirs
Sandy-clay soil and granitic subsoil, rich in manganese
Viticulture
Reasoned
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
Whole grapes are vatted for 12 to 18 days in cement vats before pressing.
Breeding
In oak foudres and two- to six-year-old Burgundy barrels for 6 months
Alcohol content
14.5%
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Attractive, bright, limpid colour
Nose
A blend of flowers and dark berries, blackberry and black cherry mingle with liquorice and vanilla.
Mouth
Rich in texture, with fine tannins on the finish, this cuvée has a very pleasant bittersweet intensity.
Serve
AT 15°C
Open
1/2 hour before
Drink from
2023
Drink before
2030
Food and wine pairing
Perfect with braised fillet of beef, small game birds, mature cheeses...
Clos de la Roilette
Fleurie
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
3*Star rating (High-quality production, a benchmark in its sector)
About the domain :
Alain Couderc's well-situated estate, with seven hectares in the famous Roilette sector, where Fleurie looks towards the windmill, has not been spared by hailstorms, as has unfortunately been the case for most of the appellation. The wines produced here still have great finesse and velvety texture. Long to open, often austere, they set the tone on the palate with great elegance. The 2016s confirm their lighter but very elegant style. For lovers of fine wines, the wines of La Roilette are not wines of the nose; everything is in the mouth and in the touch. Patience will be rewarded, as the delicacy of these wines wonderfully conceals their great ageing potential. The rare but delicious 2017s confirm the trend.
Guide des Vins Gault & Millau
4* star rating (top-quality production)
About the domain :
The estate takes its name from its former owner, who in the 1900s wished to pay tribute to his best horse, a resident of a Parisian racing stable. The 13 hectares of Gamay grapes benefit from granitic arena soils, from which Alain Coudert produces several cuvées of Fleurie and Brouilly.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Domaine noté (guide 2022) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
About the domain :
As I've written before, in 1967 the Coudert family acquired Fleurie's famous Clos de la Roilette, a neighbor of Moulin-à-Vent and formerly marketed under that name, and Alain has been at the helm since 1991. The soils here are rich in clay and manganese, and this, combined with a classic approach to maceration, produces muscular, structured wines that age very well. Vinified largely with whole bunches and the traditional immersed cap, these are typically deeply colored wines with plenty of fruit and tannin. The 2019 vintage went particularly well, and is the most overtly floral vintage - in the sense that this appellation identifies with perfume and finesse - that Coudert has produced in a decade.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Rated 16.5/20 (Vintage 2018) (Very good wine)
Domaine noté (guide 2018) Sélectionné (We remind you that this guide is a prize list and that, as such, all the estates that appear in it, even without a star, represent, in our eyes, the excellence of French production).
About the domain :
Clos de la Roilette has been in the hands of the Coudert family since 1967, with Alain signing off on his first harvest in 1982. Comprising 14 hectares, the estate expanded in 2005 with the acquisition of a parcel of Brouilly in the village of Saint-Lager. In Fleurie, old vines surround the winery. There are also 3 hectares in the Champagne area to the southwest of the village. The style of the wines is unadorned. Classic whole-harvest vinification and ageing in used oak foudre. Cuvée Les Griffes du Marquis is aged for twelve months in barrels. These wines are dense and fleshy, with good ageing potential.
Customer reviews
Customer rating
4.5/5
out of 2 reviews
Note and review by M. DAVID D. Published on 31/01/2024
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Note and review by M. JEAN LOUIS J. Published on 28/11/2023
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