Description
Yves Gangloff’s Côte-Rôtie La Barbarine is a wine of great complexity and exceptional finesse. A blend of 95% Syrah and 5% Viognier, this cuvée offers intense aromas of red and black fruits. Following a very silky texture, the palate unfolds with a velvety sensation and depth.
Yves Gangloff’s Côte-Rôtie La Barbarine in detail
- Appellation: Côte-Rôtie
- Cuvée: La Barbarine
- Grape variety: 95% Syrah – 5% Viognier
- Terroir: A blend of grapes from different plots, all characterised by varied soils (schist, granite, limestone, etc.)
- Harvest: hand-picked
- Vinification: fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats
- Ageing: 20 months
What to eat with Yves Gangloff’s Côte-Rôtie La Barbarine?
- Veal kidneys with porcini mushrooms.
- Centre cut of rump steak in a spice crust
- Game
- Chanterelles
- Rabbit with mustard.
The estate
The Yves Gangloff estate ranks among the very best producers in the northern Rhône Valley. This is down to his serious and rigorous work on his 11 hectares of vines planted on granite and schist soils. This unconventional winemaker is first and foremost an accomplished artist (a rock musician) who became a winemaker almost by accident. His sensitivity, humility and artistic flair are reflected in his wines. These wines, which are smooth, deep and well-balanced, are among the most sought-after in the region. Primarily available by allocation.
From art to viticulture
Born in Alsace, Yves Gangloff arrived in the Rhône in the 1980s. He came to join his brother Pierre, a painter based at Château d’Ampuis. The latter is notably the creator of the estate’s highly artistic wine labels. Yves Gangloff first cut his teeth as a farm labourer at Delas, with no prior experience in viticulture. There he learnt the trade on the steep slopes of Côte-Rôtie and Condrieu.
What followed was a series of circumstances that were, to say the least, unexpected. Gaston André, a winegrower who leased his plots to Delas Frères, offered to sell him his vines. Penniless, he embarked on the venture with his wife Mathilde, who passed away far too soon in 2011. Initially supplying his wine to the wine merchants, it was their failure that led him to decide to bottle his own wine.
