Domaine Clusel-Roch Cote Rotie 'Les Schistes', Rhone, France 2021 California Syrah the Morstein vineyard thrives on

the Morstein vineyard thrives on heavy clay marl with a deep limestone aquifer

and a style that favors a Burgundian approach to vinification

The Bard always punches above its weight

Hans-Joseph Becker has championed bone-dry Rieslings

A youthful deep ruby red colour

Domaine Clusel-Roch Cote Rotie 'Les Schistes', Rhone, France 2021 California Syrah the Morstein vineyard thrives onThe first time you set your eyes on the hills of Cte Rtie, it is impossible not be overwhelmed with their beauty. The cliff like granite hillsides seem to have burst from the Earth with vigor and violence. Only the truly dedicated would decide to make their living there. No tractor on Earth can plow these vineyards everything has to be painstakingly done by hand. This is the place that Domaine Clusel Roch calls home. Based in Verenay, the northernmost