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$59.50The Story
Old-school Cote-Rotie with nearly two decades on it. The Levet family works out of Ampuis in the traditional idiom: old Serine vines on the schist of the Cote Brune, whole clusters in the ferment, and three years of aging in large oak and demi-muids, only 10-15% of them new, with none of the heavy new-oak makeup that took over the appellation. La Chavaroche is the cuvee Rosenthal has been importing since the 1983 vintage, and it has never chased fashion. 2007 was a cooler, more aromatic year in the Northern Rhone, and time has done the rest - the fruit has pulled back and the savory side has taken over: olive, smoked meat, black pepper, dried flowers. If you have been curious what mature Syrah actually tastes like, here is your answer, and it is ready right now.
Description
Old-school Cote-Rotie with nearly two decades on it. The Levet family works out of Ampuis in the traditional idiom: old Serine vines on the schist of the Cote Brune, whole clusters in the ferment, and three years of aging in large oak and demi-muids, only 10-15% of them new, with none of the heavy new-oak makeup that took over the appellation. La Chavaroche is the cuvee Rosenthal has been importing since the 1983 vintage, and it has never chased fashion. 2007 was a cooler, more aromatic year in the Northern Rhone, and time has done the rest - the fruit has pulled back and the savory side has taken over: olive, smoked meat, black pepper, dried flowers. If you have been curious what mature Syrah actually tastes like, here is your answer, and it is ready right now.
