2019 Côte-Rôtie Réserve

Stéphane Ogier represents the seventh generation of his family in Ampuis. Ogier has taken the M & S Ogier d'Ampuis estate, established by his father, Michel, in 1983, to impressive heights. After attending viticultural school in Beaune (a popular alma mater for young winemakers in the region), Stéphane came on board in 1997. What started as, literally, a garage winery where 12,000 to 15,000 bottles were produced is now housed down the road in a spacious, state-of-the-art facility where over 300,000 bottles are issued. Ambitious for sure, but the demand is there. So much so that Ogier is comfortable slowing down the releases of his Côte-Rôties to allow the wines to acquire more bottle age, “which is always a good thing, even if it’s just for a few years,” he said.