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Côte-Rôtie
The vineyards of Côte-Rôtie is one of France's oldest vineyards. The Romans developed it considerably. Côte-Rôtie became a local AOC in 1940, with just over a hundred producers and some sixty bottling estates. 

The Côte-Rôtie appellation today covers 3 communes on the right bank of the Rhône: Saint-Cyr-sur-Rhône, Ampuis and Tupin-Semons, in the Rhône department. The Côte-Rôtie terroir is made up of steep, granite terraces covered with a layer of silica-limestone in the Côte blonde, and clay and iron oxide in the Côte brune. The climate is moderate continental, dry and hot in summer, with regular rainfall in other seasons. 

The area under Côte-Rôtie production is around 230 ha, with an annual production of around 8500 hectolitres of red wine. Côte-Rôtie wine is made from at least 80% Syrah, with a maximum of 20% Viognier. Aging in oak barrels lasts a minimum of 18 months to 3 years. This excellent Côte-Rôtie appellation is perfectly showcased by houses such as E. Guigal, Domaine Georges Vernay, M. Chapoutier and Domaine Barge. 

Recognized as an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) since 1936, Côte-Rôtie stands out among the great Rhône Valley crus. A wine-growing region celebrated since Antiquity, Côte-Rôtie wines were served at the finest tables of European monarchies.

Côte-Rôtie red wine: climate and soil

The vineyards in this northern part of the Rhône Valley benefit from south-facing exposure. The Mediterranean climate, marked by continental influences, promises hot summers, plenty of sunshine and regular rainfall. The chayets, stony granite terraces on which the vineyards grow, are made of micaschist, leucogneiss or migmatite. These three metamorphic rocks crumble into rubble and sand. They retain water in their cracks and roughness. This soil, ideal for vines, is characterized by its high acidity, quartz derivatives and iron alterations.

Côte-Rôtie: terroir and grape varieties

The AOC currently covers vineyards in 3 communes in the Vallée du Rhône Rhône Ampuis, Saint-Cyr-sur-le-Rhône and Tupin-et-Semons. 133 age-old localities dot this emblematic wine-growing region. Côte Blonde, Côte Brune, Grandes Places and Rochins are among the most famous. The region's growers plant black Syrah, which accounts for at least 80% of the total, and viognier B. The two grape varieties co-ferment, giving the côte-rôtie red wineToday, 60 estates respect the AOC's characteristic grape varieties. They bottle nearly 8,500 hectolitres of wine each year from 230 hectares.

Côte-Rôtie wine: unique ageing and aromas

The big ones Côte-Rôtie estates age their wines in the traditional way, in oak barrels for a minimum of 18 months. Nevertheless, their wines improve particularly well in the cellar. Long ageing over several decades refines the tannins, giving them finesse and delicacy. 

With age, the deep ruby colour, dotted with tears, of the Côte-Rôtie red wine tending towards tile. The AOC benefits from characteristic meaty aromas, close to smoked bacon and leather. As it ages, its red and black fruit notes gain in nobility. They reveal vanilla aromas, enhanced by violets, and woody notes. This full-bodied wine also has a long finish, with roasted aromas of tobacco and chocolate.

Côte-Rôtie: an appellation and prices

L'AOC Côte-Rôtie has many particularities. Depending on the estate, the location and the vintage, flavors vary, gaining in power, delicacy or length on the palate. The tannic elegance of exceptional years and renowned lieux-dits make the best bottles extremely sought-after internationally. As a result, prices vary by a factor of three. However, for French connoisseurs, these grands crus remain affordable.

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Domaine de Bonserine - Côte Rôtie La Sarrasine 2022

3*Étoile Hachette

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16,5/20 Jancis Robinson

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91-93/100 Jeb Dunnuck

syrah
deep
voluptuous

"This dazzling Côte Rôtie, with its silky texture and elegant fruitiness, is sure to delight your guests!

"The stars have aligned in the sky for this Sarrasine, which makes up the majority of the estate's production: 10 hectares in which each parcel has been picked, vinified and aged separately (24 months in demi-muids) before final blending. The result is a precise nose of macerated red fruit, dried rose, blond tobacco and sweet spices (cardamom, nutmeg). A flattering, complex expression that is confirmed on the caressing, pure, long palate, built on tannins that are as tight as they are elegant, and whose long, stone-scented finish augurs a radiant future". (Le Guide Hachette 2025)

Pierre-Jean Villa - Côte-Rôtie Fongeant 2022

94/100 RVF

(Vintage 2021 notes)
syrah
delicious
rarity

"A treasure to be treasured in the cellar".

The terroir of Fongeant stands alone in its depth, vigor and energy. Magnificent fruitiness, a radiant finish, lots of length and sap, superb. - Attention, very limited quantities!

Pierre-Jean Villa - Côte-Rôtie Carmina 2022

94/100 RVF

(2020 vintage notes)
syrah
complex
confidential

"A confidential high-flying vintage".

In reference to the cantata Carmina Burana, this Côte Rôtie combines power, purity, complexity and sensuality. The luscious mouthfeel, accomplished tannins and power that reveal themselves as you taste are sure to enchant! - Limited quantities only!

Domaine Garon - Côte Rôtie La Triote 2022

93/100 James Suckling

rich
velvety texture
long-keeping wine
plot

"In 2022, Les Triotes will give way to La Triote, a selection of plots from the locality of the same name.

"A broad, textured and dense 100% Syrah. Shows notes of black fruit, herbs and warm spices, with medium body and creamy tannins. Precise and velvety in the center. Ample and dense, balanced and harmonious. Generous but controlled, with a concentrated, persistent finish." (James Suckling 2024)

Domaine Garon - Côte Rôtie Les Rochins 2022

94/100 RVF

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93/100 Jeb Dunnuck

(Vintage 2021 notes)
syrah
balanced
great care
navarin of lamb

"What finesse!"

From a superb terroir of schist and clay laden with iron oxide that gives it a brown color, this Côte-Rôtie Les Rochins is a wine of rare balance. Expressive, with notes of black and red fruit (blackcurrant, blackberry, raspberry, etc.), tinged with green olive, fine tannins and great length. - Limited quantities available.

Domaine Garon - Côte Rôtie Lancement 2022

95/100 RVF

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93/100 Jeb Dunnuck

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16/20 Jancis Robinson

(Vintage 2021 notes)
syrah
rich
racy
rack of lamb

"A rare wine

An iconic cuvée, this Côte-Rôtie is a parcel from the Côte Blonde. Fine and racy, it remains a rich, precise pleasure wine, which will sublimate a rack of lamb or game. Class incarnate! - Please note, quantities are very limited.

Domaine Pichat - Côte-Rôtie Champon's 2022

3*Coup de Coeur Hachette

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92-94/100 Jeb Dunnuck

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91-93/100 Vinous

syrah
opulent
candied fruit
new

"An exceptional cuvée that needs time to reveal its full potential".

"The 2021 vintage was awarded three stars, and the 2022 adds a further Favorite to the already impressive list of awards for this cuvée from the schist terroirs of the Champon, Plomb and Grandes Places lieux-dits. The jury loved its bewitching, complex bouquet of fresh raspberry, bramble and paprika, crowned by the elegant roasted notes of aging in new barrels (30% of the wine). As for the palate, full, dense and greedy, framed by powerful tannins with a tactile grain, it just needs to soften in the cellar". (Le Guide Hachette 2025)

E. Guigal - Côte-Rôtie Château d'Ampuis 2019

97/100 Bettane & Desseauve

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97/100 Jeb Dunnuck

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96/100 James Suckling

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94-96/100 Robert Parker

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95/100 Vinous

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94/100 Decanter

syrah
silky
rarity

"A complex Côte Rôtie from 7 different parcels".

"At the top of the Côte Rôties, the 2019 Côte Rôtie Château d'Ampuis is still a brilliant wine that, in recent years, has almost rivaled wines from single vineyards. Don't believe me? Put it in a blind range and let me know the results. The 2019 is absolutely brilliant, and I'd compare it to the best vintages of this vintage [...]. Superb aromas of ripe red and black fruits, tapenade, iron with hints of game, meat and flowers emerge on the nose, and this beauty hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, a seamless, structured mouthfeel, gorgeous but substantial tannins, and a great finish. [...]" (Jeb Dunnuck 2024) - Wooden case delivery on orders of 3 bottles of this wine.

Domaine Jasmin - Côte Rôtie La Giroflarie 2022

95/100 Jeb Dunnuck

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16,5++/20 Jancis Robinson

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93/100 Decanter

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93/100 Vinous

(2019 vintage notes)
syrah
finesse
quality-price

"One of the appellation's best value for money!

Decked out in its superb inky color, this Côte-Rôtie gives off promising notes of spices, black olives and asphalt. The estate's flagship cuvée reveals great finesse, aromatic richness and beautiful tannic structure. It stylishly combines breed and silkiness in a promising nectar. This wine can be kept for 6 to 15 years, but can also be enjoyed young for intense, gourmet pleasure. A must for lovers of great Rhône wines!

Domaine Georges Vernay - Côte-Rôtie Blonde du Seigneur 2022

94/100 James Suckling

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17/20 Jancis Robinson

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93/100 RVF

(Vintage 2021 notes)
syrah
aromatic
voluptuous
coq au vin

"A graceful voluptuousness

This Côte-Rôtie style blond, with 5% Viognier, is a balanced blend of power and delicacy. Dark color, mineral, smoky nose, with black fruit, black olive, pepper, all enhanced by a floral component provided by the Viognier. This wine is both highly aromatic and extremely elegant. With well-crafted yet perfectly smooth tannins, this Côte-Rôtie, with its beautiful oval shape and long finish, is suave and sensual.

Vidal-Fleury - Côte-Rôtie Brune et Blonde rouge 2021

93/100 Decanter

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16,5/20 Jancis Robinson

syrah
black fruits
prepared foods
long-keeping wine

"A wine made for laying down".

"Blackberry and blueberry are barely ripe, it's a rather dry and fresh aromatic expression. The palate is fuller than expected, with a roundness quite unusual in 2021. Some length too. Good acidity, clean tannins, not too woody". (Decanter 2022). The estate's emblematic cuvée, present since its creation.

Domaine Rémi Niero - Côte-Rôtie Les 400 de la Viallière 2020 (Magnum avec étui)

95-97+/100 Jeb Dunnuck

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94/100 James Suckling

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93/100 RVF

syrah
great care
rarity

"Limited to 400 numbered magnums, this is a little treasure not to be passed up!"

"On another level, the Côte Rôtie 2020 Les 400 De La Viallière is pure class, offering classic black raspberries as well as aromas and flavors of spring flowers, game, rose petal and spice. It's full-bodied, with a fluid, multidimensional palate and incredibly polished tannins. This is a magnificent Côte Rôtie in the making." (Jeb Dunnuck 2022). Exclusively limited to 400 numbered magnums, the size of the bottles gives the wine an extraordinary capacity for ageing that will stand the test of time...

Stéphane Ogier - Côte-Rôtie Mon Village 2022

94/100 RVF

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17/20 Jancis Robinson

syrah
silky
red berries

"The appellation's flagship cuvée

"Attractive, seductive nose with notes of ripe red and black fruit. The palate is delicate, with fine tannins. Delicious and juicy, but with a firm backbone and spice." (Jancis Robinson 2023). A gourmet, elegant Côte-Rôtie, to be enjoyed with a shoulder of lamb confit...

Yves Cuilleron - Côte-Rôtie Madinière 2022

91/100 Jeb Dunnuck

(Vintage 2021 notes)
syrah
black fruits
rack of lamb

"A very fine Côte-Rôtie to be enjoyed now or to be cellared!

Madinière is named after the stream at the foot of the hillside where the Syrah vines are planted. Aged 16 months in oak barrels, the wine reveals the deep, elegant nose typical of this grape variety: stone fruit, violets and white pepper. The delicate palate is fresh on the attack, then velvety and crisp.

E. Guigal - Côte-Rôtie La Landonne 2020

98-100/100 Robert Parker

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98-100/100 Jeb Dunnuck

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97-100/100 Vinous

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18/20 Jancis Robinson

black fruits
mad charm
sumptuous

"Praise from the press for this cuvée embodying all the greatness of the estate".

"I think the star of the show in 2020 will be the Côte Rôtie La Landonne 2020, and it's a wine I can't wait to taste in bottle. It's slightly more elegant and supple than the huge 2019, but it has a similar style in its extravagant aromas and flavors of dark fruit, truffle, game, iron and smoked meat. This is a powerful, full-bodied, concentrated Côte Rôtie to forget for 8-10 years, but if you want to taste a truly excellent young La Landonne, this might be it, given its incredible fruit and texture." (Jeb Dunnuck 2024 ). - Delivery in individual wooden cases for all orders of this wine (excluding Point Relais delivery).