Clusel-Roch "Les Traboules" 2022 Rhone Rouge Coteaux du Lyonnais

750ml bottle

13% abv

Stoney, gamey, leafy red fruit over chalky minerality. 

100% organic Gamay

Vine age is around 30 years. Manual harvest precedes careful sorting carried out in the vineyard by the harvesters. Arriving at the cellar, the grapes are vatted by gravity and partially destemmed: a third remains in whole clusters. Fermentation occurs with native yeasts. The temperature is moderate for gentle extraction. The wine is racked after two weeks following tasting and the aging lasts six months in stainless steel vats.

Maison Clusel-Roch is located in Ampuis, in the Rhône Valley. The estate was created in the 1950s by René and Joséphine Clusel, who, like many Ampuis farmers, cultivate vegetables, fruit trees, and Côte-Rôtie vines. Their son Gilbert joined the family estate and rehabilitated old abandoned vines. When René Clusel retired, the estate had 3.5 hectares of vines. It was at this time that fruit and vegetable production was abandoned.

The 1990s saw a lot of development and the family obtained organic certification in the 2000s. Guillaume Clusel (the son of Gilbert and Brigitte) has managed the estate since 2009. He introduced the third appellation, Coteaux du Lyonnais, and now cultivates in three appellations: Côte-Rôtie, Condrieu, and Coteaux du Lyonnais.