This selection of old vines (over 60 years old) gives a high concentration and intensity of fruit that is reflected in the glass. Its ruby-red color reveals a fine texture. The delicate nose reveals aromas of fruit, spices and smoke. Its delicate attack and velvety texture evolve into a fine, racy chewiness. Beautiful intensity.
Features
Estate
Clos de la Roilette
Cuvée
Cuvée Tardive
Vintage
2023
Designation
Fleurie
Region
Beaujolais
Grape varieties
100% Gamay
Terroirs
Granitic arena soils, selection of old vines (over 60 years old) planted on clay soils, giving greater concentration and intensity of fruit.
Viticulture
Integrated Pest Management
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
Whole bunches, vatting for 12 to 18 days in cement vats with temperature control.
Breeding
6 months in oak casks
Alcohol content
13%
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Ruby-red, garnet-purple colour
Nose
Combination of fruit, spices and smoke
Mouth
Fine, even attack, chewy without being hard, finely racy.
Serve
AT 14-16°C
Drink from
2025
Drink before
2034
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy it young as an aperitif or as an appetizer with cochonaille, or later with stewed beef dishes such as bœuf jus or bourguignon.
Clos de la Roilette
Fleurie
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
3*Star rating (High-quality production, a benchmark in its sector)
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
Estate rated 4*Stars (Very high 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
Rated 93+/100 (Vintage 2020) (Wonderful wine)
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
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. 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.
Customer reviews
Customer rating
3/5
out of 1 review
Note and review by M. PIERRE L. Published on 10/11/2024
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