| Region of production: | Fleurie |
| Winery Location: | Fleurie |
| Year Established: | 1967 |
Vineyard Holdings
10 ha
- Fleurie: 9 ha; average vine age is 30-35 years; soil is predominately clay
- Brouilly: 1 ha
Top Wines Produced
- Fleurie
- Fleurie Cuvée Tardive: 80-year-old vines; tardive does not indicate a late harvest here, rather that the wine has greater ageability
Inaugural Vintages
- Cuvée Tardive in 1995
Average Total Production
- 30,000 bottles
Summary
Roilette was historically associated with the area of Moulin-à-Vent until 1936, when the official Fleurie and Moulin-à-Vent AOPs were created, and the estate was marked within the Fleurie AOP. Losing the Moulin-à-Vent designation upset the then-owner so much that he chose to label his wines without mention of Fleurie, displaying only a picture of his racehorse on the label – an icon that’s persevered on the label to this day, even under new ownership by Fernand Coudert and his son Alain.
The Couderts purchased the property in 1967, and they replanted several of the untended vineyards. Unlike the majority of Fleurie’s granite soils, Clos de la Roilette shares Moulin-à-Vent’s manganese soils with a large portion of clay.
Style & Vinification Techniques
Alain took over from his father as winemaker in 1991 and continues Fernand’s traditional approach to winegrowing and winemaking: lutte raisonnée vineyard practices, traditional semi-carbonic maceration with indigenous yeasts and aging in large, open foudres.
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