Louis Barruol 2019 Cote Rotie "La Boisselee"
Item Number: 19 10 590 19
Louis Barruol 2019 Cote Rotie "La Boisselee"
96 Point Limited and Allocated Cote-Rotie!
Quick Taste
- 96 Points WS!
- Tiny Allocation in US
- 'Complex and very long'
- 'this vintage evokes the greats—2007, 1999, and 1991'
About Louis Barruol 2019 Cote Rotie "La Boisselee"
Louis Barruol first began making Côte Rôtie back in 1997. He says that the twenty-five vintages he’s produced since then have convinced him that the warmer vintages (such as 2019) are ideal for the “roasted slope,” as the name implies. This terroir is made to take heat, absorb it, and transform it into something of tremendous charm and mystery. To Louis, this vintage evokes the greats—2007, 1999, and 1991—and he wonders out loud if this terroir isn’t the grandest one this warming planet has to offer. Quite a bold thought, yet quite a bold wine. It might not take more than a sniff and a sip to be convinced.
While based in the southern Rhône, Louis is incredibly passionate and knowledgeable about the great Syrahs grown farther north—a passion he discovered he shares with Kermit, who over the decades has worked with some of Louis' northern Rhône idols including Marius Gentaz, Raymond Trollat, and Auguste Clape. In an homage to these legendary vignerons and the increasingly rare style of traditional winemaking they practiced, Louis became a micro-négociant, working closely with top growers in the northern Rhône who still work with Sérine, an ancient clone of Syrah known for its aromatic finesse. Producing only a few precious barrels of each cuvée, Louis is helping to save the authenticity and the identity of many great old Côte Rôtie parcels, as well as those of Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, and occasionally Saint-Joseph, by keeping them out of the hands of the large, corporate négociants in the area.
96 Points Wine Spectator
Round and smooth, this stretches out with incense and rose notes atop smoked plum and dried cherry, stitched together with suave tannins. Complex and very long, with a spine of cast iron that's expertly inlaid. Drink now through 2035.
Wine Details
- Alcohol % 14.0%
- Bottle Size 750 ml
- Wine Type Red
- Country France
- Region Rhône
- Appellation Côte Rotie
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