In the Côte Rôtie appellation the hills are as steep as those in the Alpes. So sometimes the winegrowers behave like mountain top explorers. You see them scaling the steep slopes to go pull weeds and tying themselves together before going to harvest. These men and women also have the humility of highlanders: they know how to reduce themselves in front of their wines which are often times at the summit!

We created "Face Sud" (“Facing South”) as one opens a new path.  The grapes come from a very steep little plot of vines embedded between Ampuis and Saint-Cyr-sur-le-Rhône. The southern orientation, a gentle wine making, a maturation that takes its time and bottling without filtering... Total respect is given to this wine and its terroir.

Using a carafe is necessary, undoubtedly required, if possible in the morning for dinner, because in its youth this wine will benefit from being aired out. Face Sud reveals itself with time, and offers aromas of great refinement: fig, plum, candied cherry, anise, with hints of chocolate and coffee.
Face Sud is sold only on allocation, and delivered either in individual wooden case, or in wooden case of 6 bottles.

Serving temperature: 18°C

Cellaring: between 10 – 15 years