Côte-Rôtie, Maison Rouge, Domaine Georges Vernay 2022
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Why this wine
Cote-Rotie is the northern Rhone's steepest and most celebrated hill, terraced so severely it must be worked by hand. Georges Vernay is the producer credited with saving Condrieu from extinction. Peppery, floral Syrah built for twenty years.
At a glance
- Grape
- Syrah
- Region
- Rhône Valley, France
- Alcohol
- 13.00%
- Body
- Full
- Acidity
- Medium
- Tannins
- High
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Long (10-20 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Red Meat, Cheese
How it tastes
Beautifully perfumed, with concentrated black olive lifted by eucalyptus and lavender over pure, deep red fruit from old vines and a thread of spice. Power sits alongside elegance: the tannins are silky and smooth, the structure fine and layered, and toasted notes carry a long, persistent finish. Syrah 100%.
The producer
Georges Vernay, known as the King of Condrieu, led the growth and worldwide recognition of that small appellation in the 1950s; the estate now covers 22 hectares, six of them in Côte-Rôtie. His daughter Christine has run the winemaking since 1997, and in 2019 the domaine was awarded three stars by La Revue du Vin de France. Maison Rouge takes its name from a small red house at the foot of this steep lieu-dit: two hectares of sandy granite terraces in the south of the appellation, Guyot-trained vines averaging 50 years and planted at 10,000 per hectare, worked by hand without weed killers and certified organic. The grapes were destemmed and fermented in oak vats for three to four weeks, then matured for 24 months in oak barrels, 30% of them new.
Food and drinking
Serve at 16-18°C, decanted an hour ahead. Roast lamb with rosemary, venison, duck with olives or a mature hard cheese. Approachable now with air, at its best from around 2027 and built to develop for fifteen years or more.