Yannick Alléno & Michel Chapoutier
Yannick Alléno & Michel Chapoutier
AboutYannick Alléno & Michel Chapoutier
Chef Yannick Alléno and Rhône winegrower Michel Chapoutier began making wines together in October 2010, bringing the vineyard and the dining table into the same project. Their first wine, Couronne de Chabot, was a Saint-Joseph from thirty-year-old Syrah vines on a hillside at Tournon. The range now spans red and white wines from Saint-Joseph, Crozes-Hermitage and Côtes-du-Rhône, with food pairing at the heart of the partners’ work.
Yannick Alléno & Michel Chapoutier 2016 Côtes du Rhône
French Red
$30.99
Dark berries, plum, herbs, sweet spice, garrigue and liquorice sit in a balanced profile with tannic finesse and length. The blend contains sixty-five percent Syrah and thirty-five percent Grenache, with fourteen-and-a-half percent alcohol. Pebbly soils lie over sand and marl, and the grapes are harvested by hand. Maturation takes place in concrete tanks for twelve months.