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E. Guigal
In the 1930s, Etienne Guigal
moved to Ampuis to pick Apricots.
He landed a job working harvest CÔTE-RÔTIE and CONDRIEU
in Côte-Rotie, where he Côte Rôtie is in fact not just one but a series of 'roasted slopes' folded above the little town of
eventually became cellar master.
He created the firm in 1946, and Ampuis. Only those facing south or south east on the schists of this right bank of the river are
his family now owns 150 acres, worth the extreme discomfort of cultivating them and, especially, picking their produce. Those to
all in the Northern Rhône, the south are collectively known as the Côte Blonde and the wines they produce supposedly
including overwhelmingly the mature rather earlier than those produced on the Côte Brune to the north, although traditionally
finest collection of vineyards in
Côte-Rôtie. Guigal is a unique the wines from these areas have been blended. Syrah loves the well draining granite soils.
negociant company. The family Condrieu is the home of Viognier and at one time was the only place to find it. Guigal's single-
knows the Northern Rhône like no vineyard Doriane is setting a new standard, and the small amount of Viognier being grown here
one else, and supplements their could be sold three times over if the appellation were larger.
holdings by buying grapes from
long-time grower partners. In
total, they vinify around 33% of
all Côte-Rôtie. They are also the “Marcel Guigal's special bottlings of La Mouline, La Landonne and La Turque, the so-
only winery in the Rhône Valley called 'La-La wines', have become some of the most sought-after bottles in the world,
with their own cooperage, and thanks to their low yields and uniquely long maturation in new oak.”
one of the only in France.
-Jancis Robinson

Stéphane Ogier E. Guigal vintus.com
The Ogier family has been rooted (also prolific in the rest of Northern Rhône, and in most of the Southern Rhône)
in Ampuis for seven generations. E. Guigal Condrieu 2017 $683.90 93JS,91WA
From the age of six, current E. Guigal La Doriane Condrieu 2016 (6pk) $582.00 93DEC,94WA,95WS
owner and winemaker Stéphane
knew he wanted to follow in his
winemaker father’s footsteps. In E. Guigal Brune et Blonde Côte-Rôtie 2016 (6pk) $383.90 94JS,90-92WA
1997, after completing his
oenological studies in Beaune, E. Guigal Château d’Ampuis Côte-Rôtie 2015 (6pk) $696.00 95VN,95-97WA
Stéphane formally joined the E. Guigal La Landonne Côte-Rôtie 2015 (6pk) $2,394.00 97VN,98-100WA
family estate. The domaine
produces wines from 27 acres of E. Guigal La Mouline Côte-Rôtie 2015 (6pk) $2,394.00 97-99WA
vineyards in some of the most E. Guigal La Turque Côte-Rôtie 2015 (6pk) $2,394.00 97VN,98-100WA
famous Côte-Rôtie areas. Aside (please inquire about back-vintages)
from his Côte-Rôtie wines,
Stéphane also produces a Côtes
du Rhône and several Syrah
wines. They have become a
reference point for the
appellation and are sought after
by the greatest chefs and most Stéphane Ogier vineyardbrands.com
serious wine lovers around the (please inquire about availability of other appellations)
world. Ogier Viognier Les Rosine Collines Rhodannienes IGP 2018
*please inquire
Stéphane Ogier Condrieu 2015 *please inquire

Domaine René Rostaing Ogier La Rosine Syrah, Collines Rhodannienes IGP 2018 *please inquire
The Rostaing estate dates to 1971 Stéphane Ogier Côte-Rôtie 2015 *please inquire
when René Rostaing– a Notary by
trade – began tending a few plots
of family vineyards. In 2015,
René’s son, Pierre, took the reins
at an estate that boasts 20+ acres
of the finest vineyards in and Domaine René Rostaing rarewineco.com
around Côte Rôtie. In the 90s, (also see Languedoc-Rousillon)
René acquired horizontal, rotary
fermentation tanks to mimic the Rostaing Les Lezardes Viognier, Collines Rhodannienes IGP 2018 $371.90
long, gentle macerations of his Rostaing La Bonnette Condrieu 2017 $744.00 92WA,92WS
ancestors. The process has much
the same effect as the cappello
sommerso employed by many of Rostaing Les Lezardes Syrah Collines Rhodannienes IGP 2018 $371.90
Piedmont’s staunchest
traditionalists. Rostaing Ampodium Côte-Rôtie 2017 375ml $390.00 92WA
“René Rostaing is one of Côte Rostaing Ampodium Côte-Rôtie 2017 $744.00 92WA
Rôtie’s most masterful growers.” Rostaing La Landonne Côte-Rôtie 2017 (6pk) $750.00
- Robert Parker
Rostaing Côte Blonde Côte-Rôtie 2017 (6pk) $816.00 95WS,98WA

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