Cote Rotie Lancement 2015 - Domaine Stéphane Ogier

Côte-Rôtie Lancement 2015 — Domaine Stéphane Ogier

This Côte-Rôtie Lancement 2015 from Domaine Stéphane Ogier belongs to the estate’s rarest and most sought-after cuvées. Sourced from a great Côte Blonde terroir, it embodies a majestic expression of Northern Rhône Syrah: aromatic intensity, depth, silky texture and noble presence on the palate.

The 2015 vintage, one of the great recent vintages in the Northern Rhône, gives here a wine of remarkable concentration, yet without heaviness. Dark fruit, violet, spice, olive, tapenade, smoky notes and minerality are woven together in a broad, refined and deeply harmonious style.

Terroir: Lancement, the deep elegance of Côte Blonde

Lancement comes from a high-lying sector of the Côte Blonde, one of the most prestigious terroirs in Côte-Rôtie. This site gives particularly perfumed, elegant and textured wines, where the depth of Syrah is expressed with a highly distinctive floral, spicy and mineral dimension.

Stéphane Ogier works with a precise understanding of individual lieux-dits, following a parcel-based approach that highlights the personality of each slope. In the 2015 vintage, Lancement reaches an exceptional level of intensity and balance, while preserving the velvety texture that defines the greatest Côte Blonde Côte-Rôtie wines.

Tasting notes

Expression of the 2015 vintage

The 2015 vintage brings rare intensity to Lancement: fruit ripeness, textural richness, tannic depth and great length. Despite its power, the wine retains superb slope freshness and remarkable aromatic precision. It can already be approached with long aeration, but its full potential will unfold after several years of cellaring, developing notes of dried violet, fine leather, truffle, black olive, smoke, pepper and noble undergrowth.