2008 Côte-Rôtie, Domaine Remi et Robert Niero

2008 Côte-Rôtie, Domaine Remi et Robert Niero

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2008 Côte-Rôtie, Domaine Remi et Robert Niero

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The Côte Rôtie 2008 has 8 % of Viognier in the blend which has added aromatic harmony and silky elegance. Ageing has been shared between barrique and foudre, the former adding structure and sinewy density to the ensemble.  Fragrant, red and black fruits on the nose with some spicy pepper notes and a touch of violet. Bright acidity and medium, fine-grained tannins. Delicately woven red cherry and cassis alongside cedar and cinnamon notes. Just a touch of white pepper and a little floral lift on the finish. This is an impressive achievement, especially in 2008.

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Domaine Robert Niero

Domaine Robert Niero

Robert Niero spent 13 years working in a bank before marrying the late Jean Pinchon`s daughter and thus inheriting holdings in some of Condrieu's most illustrious vineyards. He made further purchases and now has just under 6 hectares of vineyards. .

The Syrah grape variety, from which Côte Rôtie is made, is cultivated in the community of Ampuis in La Vallière (0.60ha)  and Semons in Coteau de Bassenon (1.20ha).

Since 1994 Robert has vinified separately the Viogner grapes from his holdings in the Coteau de Chery and La Roncharde vineyards (the latter goes into Condrieu Les Ravines). The average vine age in the Coteau de Chery is high (30-50 years old) and the wines are powerful, well-structured and often exotically rich.

His son Rémi joined the domain in 2004.

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Syrah/Shiraz

Syrah/Shiraz

A noble black grape variety grown particularly in the Northern Rhône where it produces the great red wines of Hermitage, Cote Rôtie and Cornas, and in Australia where it produces wines of startling depth and intensity. Reasonably low yields are a crucial factor for quality as is picking at optimum ripeness. Its heartland, Hermitage and Côte Rôtie, consists of 270 hectares of steeply terraced vineyards producing wines that brim with pepper, spices, tar and black treacle when young. After 5-10 years they become smooth and velvety with pronounced fruit characteristics of damsons, raspberries, blackcurrants and loganberries.

It is now grown extensively in the Southern Rhône where it is blended with Grenache and Mourvèdre to produce the great red wines of Châteauneuf du Pape and Gigondas amongst others. Its spiritual home in Australia is the Barossa Valley, where there are plantings dating as far back as 1860. Australian Shiraz tends to be sweeter than its Northern Rhône counterpart and the best examples are redolent of new leather, dark chocolate, liquorice, and prunes and display a blackcurrant lusciousness.

South African producers such as Eben Sadie are now producing world- class Shiraz wines that represent astonishing value for money.

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