DOMAINE LA REMEJEANNE

COTES DU RHONE

What the critics are saying:

Bettane & Desseauve, Le Grand Guide des Vins de France, 2009: “With a remarkable love of a job well done, Rémy Klein has shown over many years the potential of the terroir on the left bank of the Rhône.”

Beverley Blanning MW, Decanter: “Klein laughingly dismisses the suggestion that he adheres to a winemaking philosophy. It occurs to me that this makes him, perhaps, the best kind of winemaker: committed, yet completely open-minded.”

Our notes:

Domaine La Remejeanne takes some tracking down. Yet it’s one of those places that is “worth a special journey”, as the Michelin Guide would put it. We made the pilgrimage to Sabran a couple of years ago to revisit this wonderful producer, one that we had worked with in the distant past. We won’t bore you with the tales of wrong turns and rural misadventures. Suffice to say, the north western hills of the Côtes du Rhone appellation is striking country – the Rhone valley in your rear-view mirror and the foothills of the Cevennes ahead. Scenery aside, time spent with main man Rémy Klein, a look at the vineyards and a tasting of the Remejeanne wines told us that this was a producer we needed to start working with again. These are wines that proudly speak of their place – high up in the hills with soils comprised of sand and limestone. This highly distinctive terroir results in a range of fresh, highly refined Côtes du Rhones brimming with fruit and character. They are far cooler and purer than many of the Côtes du Rhones produced at lower altitudes and on alluvial soils and this stylistic difference suits us right down to the ground.