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Chapoutier Cote-Rotie Les Becasses Rhone 2016

Chapoutier Cote-Rotie Les Becasses Rhone 2016

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(Wine Advocate Score 92) The medium-bodied 2016 Cote Rotie les Bécasses is a blend of several parcels along the entire length of the appellation, from Saint-Cyr in the north through Ampuis to Tupin and Semons in the south. It offers a mixture of pepper and herbs, tart red fruit and crushed stone, supported by fine-grained tannins and ample length. Not particularly round or generous, it's more about silk and elegance.
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Grape variety/varieties: Syrah.

Harvest: The grapes are entirely hand-harvested.

Soil: The soil is composed of chlorite and ferruginous mica-schist blending in loess depressions. The soil is also made up of schist on the South and Southeast slopes, allowing the Syrah to express itself with tremendous power and great elegance with its lovely floral notes.

Vinification: After destemming, the grapes go into concrete tanks. Daily punching (pigeage) ensures a good extraction of colour and tannins. The temperature does not exceed 33°C. Fermentation lasts between 3 and 4 weeks depending on the vintage. For fermentation, we decided to use indigenous yeasts to allow our terroirs to begin expressing themselves from this key stage in the winemaking process.

Ageing: Ageing lasts 14-16 months. 80% of the wine is aged in oak barrels with a majority of new wood. The remaining 20% are aged in stainless steel vats which allows us to preserve the purity of the fruit and the floral notes, which are a distinctive feature of great Côte-Rôtie wines.

Appearance: deep purplish red.
Nose: raspberry, hint of violet, predominant of spices, a touch of black olive and “tapenade”, rosemary.
Palate: ample and deep, woody, spicy and vanilla final.

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