\n \n Domain de la Cotelleraie has been organically farmed since 1999, and is in the process of being certified. This is the realm of Cabernet Franc, which thrives on soils that are worked throughout the year to optimize the grapes' natural ripeness and obtain the quality that makes this estate one of the very best in the Loire Valley. At Domain de la Cotelleraie, Gérald Vallée maintains the vision of an exceptional vineyard that carries the colors of Val de Loire wines high, and has established itself year after year as a benchmark in its Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil appellation.","More information on the ","Wine estates recommended by","Buy your Cotelleraie wines at the best price on private sale!","Rated site","19589 reviews","20€","Free on your 1st order*.","Access to sales!","Our latest sales of Domaine de la Cotelleraie wines","|","Red wine","Organic","3.6/5 (20 reviews)","Planted on a thick layer of gravel, Cabernet Franc reveals its very fruity character here, with aromas of raspberry. Light on the palate, it's very elegant, with a silky, velvety feel. Organic, natural and good!","3.6/5 (16 reviews)","\"It's starting to open up, its finish is still tannic, powerful, unctuous.\" (Le Guide Bettane & Desseauve des Vins de France 2015). An intense nose evoking notes of ripe fruit for an intense, fruity red, offering a beautiful tannic structure, velvety and silky, with a rich, concentrated finish... A very fine Saint-Nicolas!","3.7/5 (12 reviews)","\"Vau Jaumier has a strong structure resulting from low, perfectly controlled yields! In a southern style (roasted black and blue fruits), with a hint of racy, smoky flavors (graphite), it's still tight, but full of energy\" (Les Meilleurs Vins de France - Gault Millau). A red that harmoniously blends very ripe, almost candied red fruit, grape and oak tannins.... Perfect!","2.7/5 (3 reviews)","\"It's a very convincing wine, because it's concentrated, with lively, ripe fruit, which wasn't obvious in 2013 in this sector. Gérard Vallée's talent is all the more evident...\" (Le Guide des bonnes affaires du vin 2015 - Gerbelle & Maurange). A red with soft tannins and a long finish, where everything comes together to flatter the most delicate palates... Not to be missed!","3.8/5 (6 reviews)","\"L'Envolée 2011 pushes the maturity envelope: dense tannins, depth, but fruit that's a little candied.\" (Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France 2015 - RVF). A Saint-Nicolas of superb softness on the palate, velvety, with great fruit intensity and a long finish. Richness, complexity, elegance, it's all there!","4.7/5 (6 reviews)","\"It flies at high altitude. The finesse of the tannin transcends the known usually allowed by cabernet franc.\" (Le Guide Bettane & Desseauve des Vins de France 2014). A superbly smooth, velvety cuvée with great fruit intensity and a long finish. Richness, complexity, elegance, it's all there!","3.5/5 (2 reviews)","La Croisée is a cuvée produced from the estate's various vineyards: it's the most widely distributed, and has made the reputation of the house. A wine with red fruit aromas, floral notes, soft tannins and a long finish... Everything you need to flatter the most delicate and demanding palates!","3.7/5 (9 reviews)","Notes : Bettane & Desseauve 17/20 (Bonheur tout de suite), RVF 15,5/20 \r\n\"We're approaching the greatest Saint-Nicolas possible in terms of the quality of the tannins, the suavity and the elegance.\" (Le Guide Bettane & Desseauve des Vins de France 2013). An intense red, with notes of ripe fruit, a beautiful tannic structure, velvety and silky, with a rich, concentrated finish... A bottle of choice ! ","3/5 (2 reviews)","Notes : Bettane & Desseauve 18/20, RVF 15,5/20 \r\n\"Vau-jaumier needs time. It needs to be forgotten in the cellar so that its ageing can submit to the native fruit of the vintage. A great wine of tomorrow. (Le Guide Bettane & Desseauve des Vins de France 2013). A skilful alchemy between very ripe, almost candied red fruit, grape and oak tannins... Perfect! ","4/5 (1 reviews)","A new vintage, the 2010 was rated: RVF 14.5/20 \r\nLa Croisée is produced from the estate's various vineyards: it's the most widely distributed, and has made the house's reputation. A wine with red fruit aromas, floral notes, soft tannins and a long finish... Everything you need to flatter the most delicate and demanding palates! ","2.5/5 (2 reviews)","A new vintage, the 2009 was rated: Bettane & Desseauve 15/20 (Le bonheur tout de suite), RVF 14/20 \r\nLa Croisée comes from the appellation's typical terroir: a gravelly terrace and clay-limestone slopes. A wine with red fruit aromas, floral notes, soft tannins and a long finish... Everything you need to flatter even the most delicate palates! ","3.7/5 (3 reviews)","Notes : Bettane & Desseauve 17,5/20, RVF 16/20, Gault Millau 16/20 \r\n\"L'Envolée takes off in 2009. Superlative tannins with an incredibly racy body, more intense than powerful. This cuvée is in itself a style of the great Loire\". (Le Guide Bettane & Desseauve des Vins de France 2012) ","Notes : Bettane & Desseauve 16,5/20 (Bonheur tout de suite), RVF 16/20, Gault Millau 14,5/20 (Coup de Coeur) \r\n\"If you like smooth, soulless wines that are so tender and flattering, steer clear. On the other hand, if you like wines with an assertive personality, that need to be decanted to let them come to you, then go for this cuvée. It delivers notes of blackcurrant and rose, with a firm but well-defined attack that opens up with aeration\". (Les Meilleurs Vins de France 2011 - Gault Millau) ","4.1/5 (14 reviews)","Note : Bettane & Desseauve 16/20 (Bonheur tout de suite) \"In the very ripe style of 2009, the texture is silky, with a background of ripe fruit and greedy tannins. What a pleasure, this is truly one of the pinnacles of Loire wines\". (Le Grand Guide des Vins de France 2011 - Bettane & Desseauve) ","Note : RVF 16/20 \r\nAt the pinnacle of his appellation, Gérald Vallée produces Cuvée L'Envolée from a selection of the best juices from the estate's finest terroirs, where Cabernet Franc delivers a rich, complex expression. The result is a wine of great finesse on the nose, both powerful and elegant, with great fruit intensity and a long finish. An excellent wine for laying down! 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Domain de la Cotelleraie is a family estate dating back to the 19th century in Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil. Owned by the Vallée family, it is Gérald Vallée who decides and presides over the destiny of the vineyards and the winery, with the help of his two children. The Domain de la Cotelleraie vineyard covers 26 hectares, divided between the gravel of the terrace, the siliceous limestone of the lower slope and the gravelly montils of the Loire Valley.
Domain de la Cotelleraie has been organically farmed since 1999, and is in the process of being certified. This is the realm of Cabernet Franc, which thrives on soils that are worked throughout the year to optimize the grapes' natural ripeness and obtain the quality that makes this estate one of the very best in the Loire Valley. At Domain de la Cotelleraie, Gérald Vallée maintains the vision of an exceptional vineyard that carries the colors of Val de Loire wines high, and has established itself year after year as a benchmark in its Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil appellation.
Planted on a thick layer of gravel, Cabernet Franc reveals its very fruity character here, with aromas of raspberry. Light on the palate, it's very elegant, with a silky, velvety feel. Organic, natural and good!
"It's starting to open up, its finish is still tannic, powerful, unctuous." (Le Guide Bettane & Desseauve des Vins de France 2015). An intense nose evoking notes of ripe fruit for an intense, fruity red, offering a beautiful tannic structure, velvety and silky, with a rich, concentrated finish... A very fine Saint-Nicolas!
"Vau Jaumier has a strong structure resulting from low, perfectly controlled yields! In a southern style (roasted black and blue fruits), with a hint of racy, smoky flavors (graphite), it's still tight, but full of energy" (Les Meilleurs Vins de France - Gault Millau). A red that harmoniously blends very ripe, almost candied red fruit, grape and oak tannins.... Perfect!
"It's a very convincing wine, because it's concentrated, with lively, ripe fruit, which wasn't obvious in 2013 in this sector. Gérard Vallée's talent is all the more evident..." (Le Guide des bonnes affaires du vin 2015 - Gerbelle & Maurange). A red with soft tannins and a long finish, where everything comes together to flatter the most delicate palates... Not to be missed!
"L'Envolée 2011 pushes the maturity envelope: dense tannins, depth, but fruit that's a little candied." (Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France 2015 - RVF). A Saint-Nicolas of superb softness on the palate, velvety, with great fruit intensity and a long finish. Richness, complexity, elegance, it's all there!
"It flies at high altitude. The finesse of the tannin transcends the known usually allowed by cabernet franc." (Le Guide Bettane & Desseauve des Vins de France 2014). A superbly smooth, velvety cuvée with great fruit intensity and a long finish. Richness, complexity, elegance, it's all there!
La Croisée is a cuvée produced from the estate's various vineyards: it's the most widely distributed, and has made the reputation of the house. A wine with red fruit aromas, floral notes, soft tannins and a long finish... Everything you need to flatter the most delicate and demanding palates!
Notes : Bettane & Desseauve 17/20 (Bonheur tout de suite), RVF 15,5/20
"We're approaching the greatest Saint-Nicolas possible in terms of the quality of the tannins, the suavity and the elegance." (Le Guide Bettane & Desseauve des Vins de France 2013). An intense red, with notes of ripe fruit, a beautiful tannic structure, velvety and silky, with a rich, concentrated finish... A bottle of choice !
Notes : Bettane & Desseauve 18/20, RVF 15,5/20
"Vau-jaumier needs time. It needs to be forgotten in the cellar so that its ageing can submit to the native fruit of the vintage. A great wine of tomorrow. (Le Guide Bettane & Desseauve des Vins de France 2013). A skilful alchemy between very ripe, almost candied red fruit, grape and oak tannins... Perfect!
A new vintage, the 2010 was rated: RVF 14.5/20 La Croisée is produced from the estate's various vineyards: it's the most widely distributed, and has made the house's reputation. A wine with red fruit aromas, floral notes, soft tannins and a long finish... Everything you need to flatter the most delicate and demanding palates!
A new vintage, the 2009 was rated: Bettane & Desseauve 15/20 (Le bonheur tout de suite), RVF 14/20
La Croisée comes from the appellation's typical terroir: a gravelly terrace and clay-limestone slopes. A wine with red fruit aromas, floral notes, soft tannins and a long finish... Everything you need to flatter even the most delicate palates!
Notes : Bettane & Desseauve 17,5/20, RVF 16/20, Gault Millau 16/20 "L'Envolée takes off in 2009. Superlative tannins with an incredibly racy body, more intense than powerful. This cuvée is in itself a style of the great Loire". (Le Guide Bettane & Desseauve des Vins de France 2012)
Notes : Bettane & Desseauve 16,5/20 (Bonheur tout de suite), RVF 16/20, Gault Millau 14,5/20 (Coup de Coeur) "If you like smooth, soulless wines that are so tender and flattering, steer clear. On the other hand, if you like wines with an assertive personality, that need to be decanted to let them come to you, then go for this cuvée. It delivers notes of blackcurrant and rose, with a firm but well-defined attack that opens up with aeration". (Les Meilleurs Vins de France 2011 - Gault Millau)
Note : Bettane & Desseauve 16/20 (Bonheur tout de suite) "In the very ripe style of 2009, the texture is silky, with a background of ripe fruit and greedy tannins. What a pleasure, this is truly one of the pinnacles of Loire wines". (Le Grand Guide des Vins de France 2011 - Bettane & Desseauve)
Note : RVF 16/20
At the pinnacle of his appellation, Gérald Vallée produces Cuvée L'Envolée from a selection of the best juices from the estate's finest terroirs, where Cabernet Franc delivers a rich, complex expression. The result is a wine of great finesse on the nose, both powerful and elegant, with great fruit intensity and a long finish. An excellent wine for laying down!