Domaine Clusel-Roch Cote Rotie Cuvee Vialliere, Rhone, France 2021 Ribera Del Duero allowing them and past impressions

allowing them and past impressions to dictate our responses to the fruit itself

Rose petal

succulent acids and powdery tannins

with oyster shells and crustaced infusing the yellow fruit

with darker undercurrents of violets

Domaine Clusel-Roch Cote Rotie Cuvee Vialliere, Rhone, France 2021 Ribera Del Duero allowing them and past impressionsBased in Verenay, the northernmost village in Cte Rtie, this tiny 3. 5 hectare domaine is run by Gilbert Clusel, his wife Brigit, and their son Guillaume. Gilberts grandfather planted the foundation of the winery in 1935, the vineyard now known as Les Grandes Places, using a low yielding clone of Syrah called Serine. All subsequent plantings have been selection massale from that vineyard, a rarity in the region as higher yielding material became more