Stephane Ogier Cote Rotie Lieu Dit la Vialliere 2016

The seventh generation of Ogier winemakers in Cote Rotie, Stephane has a distinct advantage over virtually all competition with access to his family’s land throughout Cote Rotie’s most cherished vineyards in Lancement, Côte-Rozier, and La Viallière. But just because he was given a leg up doesn’t make him a good winemake… though making several 100-point rated wines certainly does!

Vinous’ Josh Raynolds couldn’t get enough, this is what he had to say after tasting through the full line-up:

From: Northern Rhône: 2016 and 2017 Reds (Sep 2019)
“Two thousand sixteen delivered what must be the most graceful and aromatically expressive set of wines that I have yet tasted from this important domaine, which is now named simply Stéphane Ogier. In Ogier’s view, 2016 “is a vintage that should be enjoyable at every stage of its life and that life should be quite long, longer than many people think.” No, it isn’t 2015, “but what is? 2010, maybe?” Ogier mused. The oak presence of the wines here has been dialed back dramatically over the years and Stéphane Ogier has now moved completely to using demi-muids and foudres with an eye to “making sure that each vineyard can express itself with as little in the way as possible.”