Clos de la Roilette (Coudert), Fleurie Vendange Tardive, 2014 limit-1-per-customer the estate was renamed after

the estate was renamed after Georg Breuer (1910-1982)

Old-school Cote-Rotie from one of Ampuis' most uncompromising traditional houses

The palate is velvety yet precise

and together they make a wine that's insanely easy to drink and crazy versatile at the table

under the guidance of winemaker Jim Clendenen

Clos de la Roilette (Coudert), Fleurie Vendange Tardive, 2014 limit-1-per-customer the estate was renamed afterClos de la Roilette is a longtime Flatiron favorite Fleurie, and the Cuvee Tardive (labeled here Vendange Tardive) is its serious bottling. Fernand Coudert bought the run down estate in 1967; his son Alain has made the wine since the 1980s. The clos sits on an unusual band of clay rich soil that gives a wine closer to Moulin a Vent than typical granite Fleurie. The Tardive comes from the oldest vines, around 80 years old, and the name signals a wine