Domaine Yves Gangloff
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Domaine Yves Gangloff,
Ready, but will keep,
The name, with its appropriate intimations of serenity, reminds us of the old name for Syrah up here. The plots cover Brune and Blonde, with a significant slice from Les Roziers. Partial maturation in new barrel makes this the keeper of the family but it does not lack for ripe seductive charm.
Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer
Yves Gangloff who, despite the slightly rock-and-roll look, maybe a little too well-established to be described as an ‘enfant terrible’, continues to astonish even his fellow winemakers with the concentration and quality of his wines. His popularity is legendary in France, which means that not very much of the already diminutive production is available for the export market. Berry Bros. & Rudd has had a long-standing relationship with the great man, so we are fortunate in this respect.
Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer
Yves Gangloff who, despite the slightly rock-and-roll look, maybe a little too well-established to be described as an ‘enfant terrible’, continues to astonish even his fellow winemakers with the concentration and quality of his wines. His popularity is legendary in France, which means that not very much of the already diminutive production is available for the export market. Berry Bros. & Rudd has had a long-standing relationship with the great man, so we are fortunate in this respect.
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Yves Gangloff is an unlikely winemaker who settled in the Rhône region only because he fell in love with Mathilde, a local woman who's now his wife. The couple sold their grapes to E. Guigal before establishing their own vineyard in 1987. Yves Gangloff draws his wine-making experience from the time he spent at the Rhône Domaine Delas.
Gangloff was fortunate to acquire a few precious hectares of Condrieu and Côte Rôtie vines in the late 1990s.
The Barbarine cuvée comes from younger vines on granite-based soils in the Côte Blonde. The Sereine Noire cuvée (which uniquely includes the local Syrah clone, Serine) is darker and more robust; it is sourced from the Le Mollard (Côte Blonde region) and Côte-Rozier (Côte Brune region) parcels.
Visitors to the annual Ampuis Wine Fair are best advised to make a bee-line for the Gangloff stand as early as possible because thereafter it is virtually impossible to gain access to the great man, such is his popularity. A mercurial and somewhat chaotic genius, Gangloff makes uniformly outstanding wines.
The intensely fruity Côte-Rôties of Gangloff has won numerous fans, among those many sommeliers, who enjoy matching them with local black truffle dishes. Gangloff labels -usually voluptuous nudes, are painted by Yves' brother.