Domaine Clusel-Roch Cote Rotie 'Les Schistes', Rhone, France 2021 California Syrah vibrant complexity

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Domaine Clusel-Roch Cote Rotie 'Les Schistes', Rhone, France 2021 California Syrah vibrant complexityThe first time you set your eyes on the hills of Cte Rtie, it is impossible not be overwhelmed with their beauty. The cliff like granite hillsides seem to have burst from the Earth with vigor and violence. Only the truly dedicated would decide to make their living there. No tractor on Earth can plow these vineyards everything has to be painstakingly done by hand. This is the place that Domaine Clusel Roch calls home. Based in Verenay, the northernmost