{"product_id":"clusel-roch-les-schistes-cote-rotie-2022-075l","title":"Clusel-Roch Les Schistes   Cote Rotie   2022  - 0,75l","description":"\u003cp\u003eClusel-Roch Côte-Rôtie 2022 is organic Syrah from the Rhône, shaped by schist and used French oak, with blackberry, violet and cool smoke in a northern style. The 12.5% alcohol keeps the profile clear and savoury. The used oak feels absorbed into the wine. Open it for roast lamb, venison and a slow evening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Wine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClusel-Roch Côte-Rôtie 2022 comes from organic Syrah grown on schist in the northern Rhône. The detail that stands out here is the modest 12.5% alcohol in a warm 2022 vintage. The finished wine carries perfume and snap, with violet set above blackberry and cherry. The schist reads through the wine as a dry mineral edge, almost like crushed dark stone after rain. Organic certification matters here as a concrete farming choice, and the wine feels drawn from rock, skins and scent. This is the Côte-Rôtie side of Clusel-Roch that feels close to Verenay and Ampuis, with savoury lift running through the dark fruit.\n\nIn the cellar, this Côte-Rôtie spends 18 months in used French oak barrels. That detail matters with Clusel-Roch, as the oak shows up as smoke, cedar and a gentle rounding of tannin. The barrels seem seasoned into the wine’s texture. The dry profile keeps the fruit focused on blackberry skin, cherry flesh and violet petal. Time in barrel rounds the tannins into a fine grain. The final impression is a narrow line of smoke, black tea and crushed schist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlackberry arrives first with ripe compact depth, followed by fresh cherry skin and dark cherry flesh that bring a brighter pulse through the middle of this 2022 Syrah from the steep Côte-Rôtie slopes. The violet note is clear and high-toned, and it gives Clusel-Roch Côte-Rôtie 2022 a floral lift above the darker fruit and the quiet smoke from used French oak. The finish has a schist-like grip, with black tea and dark stone running through tannins of fine dry grain that tighten neatly after the swallow and invite another smell. At 12.5% alcohol, the wine lands with a cool savoury line, and the blackberry fruit stays clean through a long finish edged with pepper and cedar char. Drink 2024-2032.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFood Pairing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA grilled côte de bœuf with rosemary picks up the smoke in this Clusel-Roch, and the fine tannins settle into the browned fat and meat juices. Venison loin with juniper or a slow hare civet suits the 2022 Syrah, especially when the sauce carries black pepper, bay and a little wine. For a regional nod, pour it with saucisson brioché from Lyon or caillette ardéchoise, with the wine’s violet and cherry notes against pork and herbs. Aged Comté or a firm tomme brings out the schist-like bite on the finish, and a mushroom gratin gives the blackberry fruit an earthy echo. Keep the seasoning savoury with thyme, cracked pepper and roasted garlic rather than sweet glazes or heavy cream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProducer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClusel-Roch is based in Verenay, just north of Ampuis, and that northern Côte-Rôtie address matters in the glass when this 2022 shows violet perfume over a cool schist line and modest 12.5% alcohol. The domaine name joins Gilbert Clusel and Brigitte Roch, a couple who helped turn family-grown fruit into estate-bottled wines after years when many Côte-Rôtie growers sold their harvest to the local trade. Their son Guillaume now works with the estate, and the organic approach reaches beyond this Côte-Rôtie into the family’s other Rhône and Lyonnais vineyards, including parcels that keep the domaine tied to its home ground. One concrete clue to their style is the way this 2022 handles oak: 18 months in used French barrels brings polish, smoke and shape around the Syrah, then leaves the fruit in front. The family also works outside the famous Côte-Rôtie terraces, including Gamay in the Coteaux du Lyonnais, and that choice gives the estate a wider farming life than many small Ampuis cellars. In this bottle, that attitude feels hands-on and vineyard-led as cherry skin, black fruit and a dry mineral finish carry the conversation through a frame of fine tannin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clusel-Roch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54426736296273,"sku":"GWCOM-GW001229","price":59.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/0614\/9969\/files\/GW001229.png?v=1785227261","url":"https:\/\/bottlehero.com\/products\/clusel-roch-les-schistes-cote-rotie-2022-075l","provider":"Bottle Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}