Cote du Rhone Belleruche Chapoutier 2020

Southern Rhone Red Blend from Cotes du Rhone, France – 750ml

$12.98

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DC 88  

The Cote du Rhone Belleruche Chapoutier 2020 is a red wine that offers a rich and complex drinking experience. This French wine boasts a deep garnet color and intense aromas of blackcurrant, raspberry, and white pepper. On the palate, it is juicy, powerful, and bursting with red fruit notes and roasted flavors, with silky and delicate tannins providing a smooth finish. This robust and well-balanced wine is a must-try for wine lovers looking to taste the best of the Cote du Rhone region.


Producer Tasting Notes

Appearance: deep garnet red. Nose: intense, fruity (blackcurrant/ raspberry) and complemented by notes of white pepper. Palate: this wine is juicy, powerful and fruity (red fruits notes) on the palate, with lovely roasted notes. There are silky and delicate tannins.


Vineyard Notes

It is made up of several major types of terroirs including pebbly clay soils, soils with layers of stones, stony clay terraces, stony silty-sand… All these soils provide the vine with a constant water supply and, at night, release the heat stored up by the pebbles during the day.


Winemaking

After a total destemming, the grapes are vinified in concrete and stainless steel tanks for 3 to 4 weeks. Pumping over operations are carried out each day to gently extract the aromatic components, anthocyanins and tannins. The fermentation temperature is regulated and set at 28°C. At the end of alcoholic fermentation, the temperature is allowed to rise to 30-33°C to assist the polymerization of tannins.


Ageing

6 months in concrete vats and stainless steel tanks.

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Additional information

Weight 2.8 lbs
Dimensions 13.25 × 3.5 × 3.5 in
Color & Type

Red

Varietal

Southern Rhone Red Blend

Vintage

2020

Country

France

Region

Rhone

Appellation

Cotes du Rhone

Bottle Size

750ml

Closure

Cork

Sweetness

Dry

Maturation

Unoaked

Ownership

Michel Chapoutier and Marc Chapoutier