Clusel Roche, Champon other_regions_australia This is a terrific villages

This is a terrific villages that easily approaches 1er quality

but couldn’t have asked for better teachers than Angelo and Lucia Gaja

45 ha parcel of 70+ year old vines)

this is not to say that it is an elegant wine though it is less youthfully austere than I typically find with this wine

Clusel Roche, Champon other_regions_australia This is a terrific villagesFirst bottled separately in 2018, the 2019 Cote Rotie Le Champon comes from an east facing site that Clusel says delivers more concentration but also more freshness. It's an impressive wine this year, with scents of crushed stone, black olives and raspberries on the nose, ample concentration and richness on the medium to full bodied palate and a long, silky textured finish.