A powerful, complex nose of cherry pits and blackcurrant, with floral, smoky, and rosemary notes. On the palate: complexity, charm, purity, smoothness, minerality, and phenomenal length.
Jean-Michel Stéphan
Jean-Michel Stéphan, a man who respects and draws inspiration from the past, while also being modern and innovative, created his estate in 1991. It stretches over 4.5 ha in the Côte-Rôtie, including such legendary vineyard sites as Tupin, Semons and Bassenon. His vineyards are made up of 30% Sérine (considered the original stock of Syrah, a pure grape variety which makes wines finer, more full bodied and more complex), 10% Viognier and 60% Syrah, a cloned variety in this case. In terms of viticulture, ploughing is done by horse when possible (otherwise… with a hoe!), and soils are fertilized with natural compost. The goal here is to make natural wines, thus vinifications are done without sulfur, with whole bunches, followed by ageing in old barrels. Jean-Michel makes a few bottles of Condrieu and some Vin de Pays on the side, but his true love is the Côte-Rôtie – indeed there are few vignerons who have committed themselves with such precision and passion to one appellation...
A complex, powerful, elegant and spicy nose with notes of black fruit, violets and liquorice. On the palate: complexity, charm, purity, and smoothness. This is the Serine grape at its finest, with lovely minerality and phenomenal length...
A cuvée made from young vines in their twelfth year. Syrah with a nose of spice, blackberries, blackcurrant, and violets, and an elegant palate that highlights on many levels the distinctive Stephan style. Fruit, fruit, fruit, and more fruit...
A complex, powerful, elegant and spicy nose with notes of black fruit, violets and liquorice. On the palate: complexity, charm, purity, and smoothness. This is the Serine grape at its finest, with lovely minerality and phenomenal length...
A powerful, complex nose of cherry pits and blackcurrant, with floral, smoky, and rosemary notes. On the palate: complexity, charm, purity, smoothness, minerality, and phenomenal length.
A luscious nose of white peach, apricot, pear, elderberry, chalk and candied lemon. Palate: with the lovely volume of a southern wine, yet perfectly balanced à la Stéphan, with fine acidity and bitter notes on the finish. Dive in with Le Grand Blanc (Great White) – you have nothing to fear!
A luscious nose of white peach, apricot, pear, elderberry, chalk and candied lemon. Palate: with the lovely volume of a southern wine, yet perfectly balanced à la Stéphan, with fine acidity and bitter notes on the finish. Dive in with Le Grand Blanc (Great White) – you have nothing to fear!
A nose with notes of apricot, citrus, violet, and honey, with a hint of exotic fruit. The palate is at once crystalline and unusually powerful and fleshy, with length like we’ve rarely experienced in a tasting, and a finish with a hint of salinity. Serious stuff here – a very great wine.
A complex, powerful, elegant and spicy nose with notes of black fruit, violets and liquorice. On the palate: complexity, charm, purity, and smoothness. This is the Serine grape at its finest, with lovely minerality and phenomenal length...
A powerful, complex nose of cherry pits and blackcurrant, with floral, smoky, and rosemary notes. On the palate: complexity, charm, purity, smoothness, minerality, and phenomenal length.
A cuvée made from young vines in their twelfth year. Syrah with a nose of spice, blackberries, blackcurrant, and violets, and an elegant palate that highlights on many levels the distinctive Stephan style. Fruit, fruit, fruit, and more fruit...