Vignobles Levet Cote-Rotie 'La Chavaroche' 2022

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Vignobles Levet Cote-Rotie 'La Chavaroche' 2022The crown jewel of the Levet familys holdings is a 1. 2 hectare parcel of old vines at the very summit of the great La Chavaroche vineyard, and the wine they summon from this dizzying slope is among the most iconic in our portfolio. Always arrestingly wild, La Chavaroche possesses an unmistakable musk: a warm animal profile that feels somehow ancient and unknowablelike some profound riddle of terroir.

fermenting spontaneously and aging 12 months in used 500-liter oak barrels before being bottled without fining or filtration

but the wine remains unabashedly brisk and scintillating

candied lemon

apricot fruit

The fabled cru of Vignarionda in Serralunga d’Alba is one of the most singular in all of Barolo

Two-thirds of the fermentation occurs in stainless steel with one-third occurring new barrels

which yield a wine of remarkably fresh yet deeply penetrating minerality and gorgeously vivid blue and black fruits

evocative of Rolle’s thick skins

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tangy cherry fruit

The yields are severely restricted

Clerico’s wines are aged at least 30 months (and often longer depending on the structure of the vintage **) in barrels of French oak origin before being bottled

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