Faury

3 Brunes Côte-Rôtie

2021

Côte-Rôtie

No. Rhône Valley

France

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Varietal

Syrah

Quality

Red

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GRAPE VARIETAL(S)

Syrah

100% See-RA

Syrah is widely planted throughout the world, but that was not so until the late twentieth century when Syrah was principally grown in the Rhone Valley and, as Shiraz, in Australia. Stylistically, the Palate Character of Syrah can vary depending on ripeness from a rich Round & Fleshy, Tone & Backbone, to a Powerful & Extracted. The flavors and aromas can also vary with a dark, sometimes sweet, fruit character, varying amount of spice, floral, and earth, and smoke, and meaty aromas and flavors.

Country / State

France

Region

No. Rhône Valley

Sub Region

Côte-Rôtie

Producer

Faury

Vintage

2021

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Domaine Faury

Saint-Joseph, Northern Rhône Valley

Phillipe Faury took over his family estate in the Northern Rhône in 1979. At the time, grapes and other fruits were grown on the family farm, but Philippe focused on making great wine, eventually expanding the estate to 11 hectares that is now run by his son Lionel.

The Northern Rhône’s terraced granite-soil vineyards require a lot of manual hard work. All grapes are hand-harvested and, in the winery, Faury uses partial destemming of the grapes and a gentle extraction, even executing punch-downs by foot before aging in variously sized barrels, avoiding too much new oak.

The wines of Faury deftly balance intensity and elegance with complex flavors and aromas of dark fruit, floral, and spice notes that are distinctly of the Northern Rhône.