CÔTE RÔTIE
2020 Vires de Serine Domaine Rémi Niero
Grapes | Viognier, Syrah |
Colour | Red |
Origin | France, Rhône |
District | Northern Rhône |
Village | Côte Rôtie |
ABV | 13.5% |
Grown on both granite and schist and made only in the best vintages and given two years in oak. Note bottle size. Cask sample. Big and quite bold. But there’s a lot in here… Masses of tannin but fine-boned fruit underneath it all. Should be rather magnificent eventually. Drinking range: 2026 - 2040 Rating: 17+ Alistair Cooper MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Feb 2023)
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Black raspberries, red plums, flowery incense, and sandalwood notes all emerge from the 2020 Côte Rôtie Vires De Serine, a medium-bodied, pure, pretty, exotic, and floral Côte Rôtie that has supple tannins and a great finish. It's clearly an outstanding wine, but it's going to need a few years of bottle age. Rating: 92-94 Jeb Dunnuck, www.jebdunnuck.com (Dec 2022)
Domaine Rémi Niero
This is one of the original domaines of the Condrieu appellation, and perhaps without the dedication to Viognier from Niero (and the likes of Vernay), Condrieu would not have the world-class reputation it has today.
The domaine existed 45 years ago when the whole appellation was just 8 hectares of vines (it's now 200 hectares), under the name Pinchon. Rémi's father Robert married the Pinchon daughter, so now, having been Domaine Niero-Pinchon for a bit, it has been shortened to simply Niero when Rémi took over.
The smart and charming Rémi started to work alongside his father in 2004 and today oversees the domaine along with his wife Krystel. They are the 3rd generation of winemakers and continue the tradition of the estate's refined and pure wines from Viognier and Syrah working from their cellars in Condrieu. The domaine has recently fully converted to organic farming. The wines, much like the estate, are pristine and pure.
The Condrieus come from just over 4 hectares of vines, all in the commune of Condrieu itself, in the parcels Coteau de Chéry, La Roncharde, Côte Chatillon, La Caille, Vergelas and Corbéry. All of these are considered some of the of the best sites in the world for Viognier. The wines are aged in tank (60%) and barrel (40%) for a year.
The Côte-Rôties come from two sites, La Viallière and Le Coteau de Bassenon, from the southern end of the appellation, a total of nearly 2 hectares. They are aged for 16 months in barrel, with 20% new wood. Along with the exceptional Saint Joseph there is also a new Crozes Hermitage in the range.
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