Côte-Rôtie, Xavier Gérard - 2019

Name: Côte-Rôtie, Xavier Gérard
Brand: Xavier Gérard
SKU: 42997
Price: 69.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 42997 750mL

A Côte-Rôtie from the Xavier Gérard estate that is an assembly of the estate's finest parcels. Some of the Syrah fruit is destemmed while the rest is left as whole clusters during press. This is a finer expression of the appellation with the purity of fruit and finesse of the tannins.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2019

Country

France

Region

Rhône

Sub-Region

Côte-Rôtie

Producer

Xavier Gérard

Grape Variety

Syrah

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Staff Pick Notes

After taking over the family domaine a few years ago, Xavier Gerard has quickly taken these wines to new heights. Syrah from Côte-Rôtie can be one of the most pleasurable experiences a wine can deliver due to the complex layers of aroma and flavor this grape delivers only here on the "roasted slope." What opens as a mysterious bouquet of violets, blue and blackberries, cedar, and olives, transforms on the palate into a smooth yet powerful experience, finishing with a distinct minerality. One whiff of the glass will get you excited, but when this wine pairs with a meat like seasoned lamb, your tastebuds may indeed go crazy!

- ADM

Glossary

Rhône

Prestige in the north, value in the south: that’s the quick version of the Rhône story. Southern village appellations produce a dizzying stylistic range of delicious wines, while the prices for northern “trophy” bottles can be dizzyingly high. If you like smoky, leathery, earthy, macho red wines, however, the wines of the northern Rhône are well worth it. Prestigious northern Rhône appellations include Condrieu, Côte-Rôtie, Hermitage, and St.-Joseph. In the southern Rhône, look to the village...

Syrah

We'd like to clear this up once and for all: the Shiraz grape is genetically identical to Syrah. Australian winemakers put "Shiraz" on the map (and, many would argue, vice versa), and the term is now used throughout much of the New World. Let it never be said, however, that Shiraz and Syrah are the same thing: the region in which the grape is grown determines much about the flavor of the wine it will produce. Typically, New World Shiraz yields bigger, fruitier wines than the the peppery Syrahs...