De Aureo Spirito is a brotherhood formed by owners of great historic houses of Burgundy.
Their coats of arms attest of the ancestral traditions of our region.
With subtle maturing, the wines are produced in limited quantities.
COTES DU RHONE 2016

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2016  

Marsanne, Roussanne and Viognier.

Stretching along both banks of the Rhône river from Vienne to Avignon, the Appellation is situated across 163 villages and 6 “départements”, with the majority of it concentrated in the south. 15 to 20 hectares is the average size of a property classified as Appellation Contrôlée, with 96% of production being red wine.

The A.O.C. Côtes-du-Rhône is France’s second largest over all producer of Appellation Contrôlée wine.

Colour: a nice yellow colour with green glints.
Nose: a fruity and delicate nose with dominant hazelnut.
Palate: straight forward and floral attack. A very pleasant taste in the mouth with a touch of toasted bread.

It is an elegant companion to fish, poultry and rice.

Serve at a temperature of 10-12°C.

It is ready to drink but can be kept 1 to 3 years.

Mechanical harvest,  classical wine-making with pressing and ageing in vats.

It's been a long time since winegrowers had not had to bear a long hard way to give birth to a new vintage. During the months of April, May and June 2016, they suffered the dramatic consequences of freezing, hail falls, downy mildew attacks, fears of powdery mildew, etc. Many are those who suffered very hard from these vagaries of the weather, to the point of sometime wishing that year ends as soon as possible and doubt of the future. Finally, July and then August and September, with the full sun, made forget a little of the trouble and return the morale in the vineyard.

In the South of the France and the Valley of the Rhone, despite some bad weather, the harvest is average in terms of volume but of good quality with concentrated red wines, rich and fairly well balanced. White wines have a little more suffered from this strong summer heat.

It is therefore a year of "winegrower and winemaker", which will make a qualitative difference. This turbulence will not have been enough to begin our morale and we are proud to introduce you to the vintage 2016.