Bernard Levet, Cote-Rotie 'La Peroline', 2018 SO031024_other_bordeaux Cahors has a reputation for

Cahors has a reputation for dark

Imported by famed wine merchant Kermit Lynch

This is the skin-contact version: the grapes ferment and age for roughly six months on their skins in qvevri

Arette is a favorite among those who love traditionally crafted

Bernard Levet, Cote-Rotie 'La Peroline', 2018 SO031024_other_bordeaux Cahors has a reputation forOld school Cote Rotie from one of Ampuis' most uncompromising traditional houses, just entering its stride. Bernard Levet, now joined by daughter Agnes, makes Cote Rotie the long way: whole cluster, long macerations, large old foudre, and little to no Viognier co fermentation. La Peroline draws Syrah from old vine parcels on the iron rich, schist and mica soils of the Cote Brune, the more masculine half of the hill.