Domaine Coudert, Fleurie, Clos de la Roilette 2022 Grenache fruit stood out

fruit stood out

two torn labels

The box also features our grape profiles

his wines did not exalt the stature of the winemaker so much as the beauty of the terroir

but also a drought vintage and the vines tended to struggle a bit to fully ripen the fruit (at least in comparison to the perfection of the ’99 growing season)

Domaine Coudert, Fleurie, Clos de la Roilette 2022 Grenache fruit stood outReceived in Original Carton From vines around 40 years old and up, on heavy clay soils with relatively little granite and quite a lot of the iron like mineral manganese. The farming is sustainable or lutte raisonne. All vineyard work is by hand; the soils are worked only superficially, at most twice per year, to protect the roots of the older vines. Vinification is traditional, semi carbonic Beaujolais style. The whole clusters are harvested by hand