La Champine Syrah

Domaine Jean-Michel Gerin is a family owned winery located in the heart of Côte Rôtie, near the village of Ampuis in the Rhône 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 Côte Rôtie appellation and much smaller plots in Condrieu and the northern Rhône, which Jean-Michel farms alongside his two sons, Michäel and Alexis.

“La Champine” Syrah VDF is sourced from vineyards in Ampuis and the Côte-Rôtie at high and low elevations, consisting of micaschiste and granite soils on hillsides. Production yields on average 3,500 cs/year.

Following manural harvest, grapes are destemmed and macerated for four weeks. Gerin uses native yeasts for all their wines. Aged 60% in barrels and 40% in stainless steel tanks over 12 months.

Notes of red fruits, fresh, vibrant, concentrated supple tannins with a smooth, round finish.