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Côte Roannaise Éclat de Granite, Domaine Sérol 2022
At about an hour's drive from Beaujolais and on similar bedrock of granite, this is still gamay country and well capable of producing top-quality examples of the grape. Thanks to the long hot summer with just enough rain, this is quite delicious with its fleshy and refreshing cherry fruit.
Price:
£14.50
Bottle
Price:
£174.00
Case of 12
In Stock
Code: FC44841
Wine characteristics
- Red Wine
- Medium-bodied
- Gamay
- 75cl
- Now to 2026
- 12.5% Alcohol
- no oak influence
- Cork, colmate
Domaine Robert Sérol
The Côte Roannaise is a little-known appellation of the southern Loire valley, close to the river’s source near Lyon. Domaine Sérol is the leading estate here, situated on gentle slopes of sandy-granite soils where the gamay grape, more usually associated with Beaujolais, does incredibly well. Winemaker Stéphane Sérol consistently produces plump, fragrant reds unsurprisingly not dissimilar to the style of a good Beaujolais-Villages but even brighter. These are best served lightly chilled and are refreshingly vibrant in style. Some gamay rosé is also produced and Sérol has newer plantings of viognier from which he makes a vin de pays that is floral with characteristic Loire crispness. The Sérols share their passion for the wines of the area with the Troisgros family, famous for their three-star Michelin restaurant in the town of Roanne where the red Vieilles Vignes cuvée is the house wine.
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