Most recently, René and his wife purchased a modest estate, Domaine Puech Chaud, in the Côteaux du Languedoc near Nîmes. Located in a relatively cool micro-climate, the zone's limestone gravel seemed perfect for the Rostaings' love of Syrah. Bolstered with small amounts of Mourvèdre, Grenache, Grenache Blanc, and Rolle, Puech Chaud is now producing on the Midi's most beautiful wines.
René Rostaing's first cuvee dates back to 1971. Back then, the vineyard only covered 1.5 hectares, split between the Côte Blonde and the Landonne. The vineyard gradually grew bigger and bigger, through the buying of new lands and the takeover of father-in-law Albert Dervieux' and Uncle Marius Gentaz' vineyards. Today, Rostaing's vineyard spreads over 7 hectares in Côte Rôtie and 1 hectare in Condrieu..
Today, Rostaing can boast 20+ acres of...
Côte Rôtie – literally ‘roasted slope’ – is the most northerly of the Rhône Valley’s great appellations. The vineyards are spread over 250 hectares (617 acres) of steep, south-facing slopes along the western bank of the Rhône.
The region has a remarkable variety of different terroirs. The soil is mostly mica-schist, but this is enriched in different lieux-dits (individual vineyard sites) by silex, clay, limestone and iron oxides.
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The winemaking and ageing process is exactly the same for all three cuvées: they owe their different characters exclusively to their respective terroirs.
The grapes are hand picked and the approach to winemaking straightforward and non-interventionist, so that we can be sure each glass of wine reflects the typicity that we're looking for.
Rostaing's winemaking is a mix of tradition and modernism such as total or partial destemming and t...
He prizes mature fruit, but rails against some of his neighbor’s overripe, “Australian” wines. In other words, this is the best of classi...
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