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RHONE VALLEY – BLENDING – Views out over Château Isolette’s vineyards, between Bonnieux and Apt in the Luberon appellation area fine grain and delicate toast”, adds the property’s technical director. At Isolette, oaky wines are set aside for a small clientele of enthusiasts. Current restructuring of Isolette’s vineyards implies replanting Mourvèdre. Rouquet believes that adverse weather is making Mourvèdre a great ally for red wines because it is a late-ripener. The variety counterbalances alcohol levels in the earlier-ripening Grenache, and although Syrah seems to be adapted to drought conditions, its alcohol content can be high, whereas Mourvèdre makes a great blender. The varietal trio Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre will produce the red Rhone wines of the future, although leaf removal and irrigation will be required to rein in alcohol. At Château Isolette, everyone is busy replanting five hectares of vines. Château Isolette, recently bought by Polish investors, is the oldest estate in the Luberon THREE PRIORITIES FOR CÔTES DU RHÔNE Denis Guthmuller is the chairman of the Côtes du Rhône and Côtes du Rhône Villages producers’ organisation and since 2014, he has also co-chaired the economic committee at Inter Rhône, the regional wine marketing board. Originally from Alsace, he has been farming forty hectares in Sainte Cécile les Vignes, Vaucluse, with his wife Florence since the late 1990s. His sense of public duty quickly led him to a number of collective tenures. He was chairman of the Cave Cécilia co-operative winery for many years before it merged with the co-operative in Cairanne, which he now co-chairs. He converted his family farm to organic in 2009, and took a proactive role in establishing the South-East France organic wine marketing board in 2019, which he also chairs. Although his work at the head of the producers’ organisation is a seamless transition from his previous tenures, Denis Guthmuller has set himself several priorities. The first is to boost winegrowers’ income through yields, a key factor in profitability, while maintaining a high level of quality. His second priority is to ramp up activities that favour protection of the environment and biodiversity. His goal is anything if not ambitious, and that is to make the Côtes du Rhône appellation a national benchmark for sustainability. He feels the Rhone climate is relatively conducive to ethically-focused environmental practices 30 WINTER 2021 GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE FRENCH EXPERTS ON WINE
Olivier Rouquet at Isolette RHONE VALLEY – BLENDING – and that this is a genuine opportunity to enhance the image of Rhone winegrowers. His third priority is to review the profile of the wines, across the colour spectrum, to adapt to global warming but also to meet the expectations of tomorrow’s consumers. THE SOUTHERN GRENACHE-SYRAH DUO In the Rhone Valley, many appellations and growths have overhauled the aromatic profile of their wines, both blends and single varietals. Vinsobres is one such example. The wines, which were very full-bodied in the 1990s, are now fruitier and fresher. Great efforts have been made in Cairanne, where the grapes must be harvested by hand, old vines are seen as a legacy that needs to be protected, grape sorting is mandatory and very few sulphites are added. WINTER 2021 GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE FRENCH EXPERTS ON WINE 31
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Olivier Rouquet at Isolette<br />
RHONE VALLEY<br />
– BLENDING –<br />
and that this is a genuine opportunity to enhance the image of<br />
Rhone winegrowers. His third priority is to review the profile<br />
of the wines, across the colour spectrum, to adapt to global<br />
warming but also to meet the expectations of tomorrow’s<br />
consumers.<br />
THE SOUTHERN GRENACHE-SYRAH DUO<br />
In the Rhone Valley, many appellations and growths have<br />
overhauled the aromatic profile of their wines, both blends<br />
and single varietals. Vinsobres is one such example. The wines,<br />
which were very full-bodied in the 1990s, are now fruitier<br />
and fresher. Great efforts have been made in Cairanne, where<br />
the grapes must be harvested by hand, old vines are seen as a<br />
legacy that needs to be protected, grape sorting is mandatory<br />
and very few sulphites are added.<br />
WINTER 2021 GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE FRENCH EXPERTS ON WINE 31
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