Clos de la Roilette - Fleurie 2023

Bettane & Desseauve

About the domain :

A well-situated estate, with seven hectares in the famous Roilette sector, where Fleurie looks out over the windmill, Alain Couderc, like most of the appellation, has not been spared by hail. 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

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

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

About the wine:

2023 confirms the estate's good momentum, with a wine that combines the power of Fleurie with that of the vintage, testifying to the great care taken with extraction and ageing, as well as a fine mastery of the whole harvest, providing the welcome impetus and fine vegetal character. A wine for laying down.

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. On the program: classic whole-harvest vinification and ageing in used oak barrels. Cuvée Les Griffes du Marquis is aged for twelve months in barrels. These wines are dense and fleshy, with good ageing potential.