2006 Clos de Roilette

Bill Lundstrom

Bill Lundstrom

Bill Lundstrom
Dinner in Philadelphia this past weekend prompted me to bring two CdR Fleuries. The regular bottling and the Tardive. Both purchased on release from Chambers Street and held in a temperature controlled cellar. If memory serves, probably case purchases. These were the last bottles of each case. Drank with a good friend that has been selling the wines for several years.

2006 Clos de Roilette Fleurie: Once this had a bit of air it opened up and showed mature red fruit and a gravelly note with some tannin and good acidity. No Pinote at all. Which was suprising to me. Really nice structure that held up easily over a couple hours. Really good showing. Wish I had more.

2006 Clos de Roilette Fleurie Cuvee Tardive:
This was softer and a bit more complex than the regular Fleurie. A subtle gravelly note and good acidity. Finished long with strawberry and a touch of sour cherry maybe. No Pinote here either.

Both these wines were a joy to drink and tasted like what i expect Roilette to taste like. I dont know if it's terrior or winemaking technique or something else but Roilette is quite unique.
The wines were far from fully mature in my opinion.
A real pleasure to drink.

Both listed at 13% ABV and probably cost in the teens for the regular and maybe $20-ish for the Tardive. A steal in hindsight.

I have plenty of other vintages and will let them sleep for quite awhile based on this showing.
 
fond recollections of 06 beaujolais, open and earthy from the start but somehow always projected a long-drinking window.

jayson, i think i can add the 07 into the mix
and you can come up this way, it's a shorter drive for bill :-)
 
I have already consumed my prior vintages but have 2013 basic and 2014 basic, tardive, and Griffe. These all may prove too young for the purpose here.
 
If you end up needing an 09 Tardive I'm happy to send one for the good of the order. Comrades and all.
 
I have the '10 Tardive and the '11 Normale. Not sure if either of them is truly approachable at the moment.Mark Lipton
 
I have a lot of vintages other than '06 as well, both older and younger. But '06 was the topic here. Happy to contribute others too.
 
I guess you have to wait 20 years for Roilette to come around!

I must have been making the mistake of opening mine more between ages 5-10 when the bottles have generally been a crapshoot.

Some recent vintages of Roilette are so grandiose that I wonder whether they will age similarly. They certainly taste different young.
 
Count me in for Roilette-fest. I’ve got a smattering of vintages, including 04, 05, and 06 of the regular and 05, 07, and 09 of the Tardive.
 
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