2001 Côte-Rôtie Les Grandes Places

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Côte Rôtie

Northern Rhône

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Syrah/Shiraz

Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Stephane Montez told me that his fearsome-looking but good-natured Beauceron (a shepherd/guard dog resembling a cross between a Rottweiler and a Doberman) loves to drink wine, and that the dog consumed a couple of liters from Montez's last picking of 2004 Condrieu Vendange Tardive-with no ill effects. I'm sure the dog would also have enjoyed Montez's superripe 2001 Saint-Joseph Cuvee du Papy, of which Montez said "I had the impression that I was vinifying blueberries. The wine is more like syrah from Australia or California. "Montez told me he was the last to harvest in Saint-Joseph in 2003, because he was married on August 14, the beginning of the harvest, and did not return from his honeymoon until August 28. One disadvantage of the late picking:Montez will not offer a Grandes Places cuvee from the 2003 vintage, as he says the grapes were dried out by the time he harvested.

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Stephane Montez calls 2001 his finest vintage yet forx000D white wines, "an accurate expression of terroir and cepage." Following a hot summer, cool nights inx000D September allowed for clean grapes with good retention of acidity. He left the wines longer on their bourbes tox000D get a more glyceral character. Montezx000D harvested his red grapes before and after the rain, but noted that one couldx000D wait for more ripeness if the skins were still in good condition. My tasting included wines bottled under bothx000D the Vignobles du Monteillet (which Montez vinifies from vines belonging to thex000D family domain) and Domaine du Monteillet labels. (Weygandt-Metzler Importing, Unionville, PA) Also recommended: 2001 Condrieu Les Grandes Chaillees (Vignobles du Monteillet).