Jean-Michel Gerin Champin le Seigneur Cote-Rotie 2019 750 ML

Domaine Jean-Michel Gerin is a family owned winery located in the heart of Cote Rotie, near the village of Ampuis in the Rhone Valley. Hailing from a family of grape growers, Jean Michel established his eponymous winery in 1983, the first in his family to make wine. While he sources much of his fruit from family owned vineyards dating back to his grandfather’s time, he has also purchased land along the way, buying his first vineyard in the famed ‘Les Grandes Places’ in 1988, followed by a second purchase in ‘La Landonne.’ Today, the estate covers a little more than 30 acres in the Cote Rotie appellation and much smaller plots in Condrieu and the northern Rhone, which Jean-Michel farms alongside his two sons, Michäel and Alexis.
TERROIR & VINTAGE NOTES
Champin Le Seigneur is affectionately named after the farmer from whom Jean-Michel purchased the vineyard plot. It is a blend of 11 lieux dits covering nine ha: Lezardes, Cognet, Gerine, Bourrier, Fourvier, La Brosse, Cote Bodin, La Taquiere, Fongeant, Verenay and Marsanne. Vines are an average of 30 years old. Grown in red schist and loess soils, both of which allow root penetration as the rock fractures and erodes.
Winemaking & Aging
The grapes are hand-harvested and undergo alcoholic fermentation at a cool temperature of 64°F in stainless steel vats. Malolactic fermentation is inhibited to preserve the wine’s acidity and freshness. The Syrah and Viognier are co-planted and co-fermented, by law. Gerin uses native yeasts for all their wines. Production yields on average 3,500 cs/year. Aged 22 months in barrique (20% new oak).