The highly motivated and energetic Vincent Rochette is only in his mid-30s but has already made a name for himself for his superbly sculpted Visans and Cotes du Rhones. He owns land in both the communes of Visan and Buisson and this diversity of terroirs largely explains the extraordinary complexity in his wines.
Stunning is a word that can easily be over-used but it is hard to think of another word for the quality. His organic, biodynamic wines have an additional depth to them and exhibit a purity of fruit and ripeness which manifests itself in the wines’ silky texture as much as its flavours.
This is a wonderful Cotes du Rhone made from a 60-year-old vineyard on the slopes of Rasteau and Cairanne. The vineyard is surrounded by natural vegetation that contributes to the aromatic complexity of the wines: Aleppo pine, white oak, viburnum, boxwood, rosemary, dogwood, thyme. It is intensely fleshy, generous and full-bodied red wine packed with mulberry spice and damson fruit. Smooth and soft tannins with excellent length and freshness.