2022 Clusel-Roch Vin de France “Sur le Mont”, Rhne Valley, France

ABOUT THIS WINE

Sur le Mont is a White field blend from various parcels of vines planted in Ampuis and Saint Cyr Sur le Rhone (a couple towns up the river from Ampuis) – Roussanne, Viognier, Altesse, and Clairette. Guillaume is always experimenting and really liked the combination of these varieties. The grapes are pressed, followed by cold-settling. Fermentation in steel tank with indigenous yeasts, followed by malo-lactic. 1 years elevage in barrels and steel tank. Light fining & filtration before bottling.

ABOUT THIS PRODUCER

Back in the nineteen fifties Ren and Josphine Clusel l began cultivating vegetables, fruit trees and Cte-Rtie vines, like many other farmers in the Ampuis region, and they sold the wine in bottles. This was a time when Cte-Rtie wines did not yet enjoy their current reputation, but Ren Clusel’s Cte-Rtie was very popular with connoisseurs.

The estate is currently run by Guillaume Clusel, Gilbert Clusel and Brigitte Roch.
It has 20 hectares of vines, on three historic vineyards of the Lyonnais, Ampuis (AOC Cte-Rtie, AOC Ctes-du-Rhne and Vin de France), Condrieu (AOC Condrieu), Millery (AOC Coteau du Lyonnais).