2021 Domaine Joseph Roty Marsannay Rosé, Burgundy, France
ABOUT THIS WINE
The Roty wines are typically outperformers from top to bottom. The multiple bottlings from Marsannay can be excellent values as well. On many occasions, Joseph Roty noted that Marsannays commanded much higher relative prices in the 19th century than they do now, and his versions were serious, structured, age-worthy examples of the appellation, deeply colored like nearly all of his wines and strongly mineral in character. Today, the Marsannays at Roty are a bit more refined, but without loss of spine.
ABOUT THIS PRODUCER
Domaine Joseph Roty boasts one of the largest concentrations of old vines in Burgundy, averaging about 65 years. The domaine is fanatical about old vines, they have some of the oldest in France, the living ambassadors of the affinity the Roty’s so obviously feel for their land. Coupled with late picking, which further concentrates yields and with fermentation below 30 degrees, and a cuvaison of three weeks, the structure and complexity is consequentially remarkable and the winemaking is uncompromising in achieving this. With a little age these wines develop wonderful aromatics with the characteristic Pinot Noir flavours of black cherry and stone fruit. The old vine fruit contributes the length of flavour and great complexity. Roty’s Charmes Chambertin Cuvée Trѐs Vieilles Vignes is largely harvested from vines of over 120 years.
One of the great domaines of Gevrey. Pierre-Jean has taken up the reins and seems to intent on following the families somewhat idiosyncratic, uncompromising path. “Nothing changes” as Madame Roty told us on our last visit. These are not fashion-conscious wines, everything is destemmed, new oak is relatively high, around 50% on the village wines, 60-70% on the Lieux-Dit and 100% on the Grand Cru. They are wines made to age, there is little point opening them young.
Details:
| Grape(s) | Pinot Noir |
| Farming | Organic |