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Francois Villard, Cote-Rotie "Le Gallet Blanc", 2023

Red Wine from Northern Rhone, France
by Francois Villard
$108.99
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Villard's Le Gallet Blanc references the iconic pale pebbles of the Côte Blonde, a terroir that produces refined, floral Côte-Rôties. Made primarily from Syrah with a trace of Viognier, this wine undergoes 90% whole-cluster fermentation and 18 months in mostly older oak. The resulting wine balances intensity with elegance, expressing violet florality and graphite minerality alongside dark fruit and smoke.

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Wine Details

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

What Bowler Wine has to say about this wine:

100% Syrah from Ampuis and Saint-Cyr from the lieu-dits, Le Plomb, Cote Bodin, Le Grand Taillis, Fontjean, Servonniere, and Le Mont, with an “emphasis on the schist areas from the Brune up towards Verenay” (Livingstone-Learmonth, Wines of the Northern Rhône). Ninety percent whole cluster, macerated for thirteen days in open stainless steel and wood vats. Aged eighteen months in twenty percent new, eighty percent two- to four-year-old oak barrels.

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Grilled lamb, duck confit, beef stew, aged soft cheeses, wild mushroom risotto, game birds

Tasting Profile

Aromas: violet, white pepper, wild blackberry, graphite, sweet smoke. Palate: refined notes of mocha, herbs, and plum with intense but creamy texture. Tannin: present but integrated. Finish: complex, lingering.