Coteau de Chery
⏳ Drinking Window
2018 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Seared scallops, creamy mushroom risotto, roasted lobster with butter sauce
✨ Technical Specifications
M. Chapoutier's Coteau de Chéry is a rare, single-vineyard expression of Viognier from one of the most legendary hillsides in the Condrieu appellation. The Coteau de Chéry vineyard is celebrated for its steep, south-facing granitic terraces that bask in optimal sunlight, allowing the Viognier grapes to achieve perfect ripeness while maintaining a core of vibrant minerality. Historically, this hillside is considered one of the historic cradles of Condrieu, having preserved its vines through the phylloxera crisis and the mid-20th-century decline of the appellation. Chapoutier's biodynamic farming practices and meticulous hand-harvesting ensure that the fruit reflects this unique terroir. The wine is fermented and aged in demi-muids with regular lees stirring (bâtonnage), resulting in a luxurious texture balanced by intense aromas of white peach, apricot, violet, and exotic spices.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1808 in Tain-l'Hermitage, Maison M. Chapoutier was transformed into a global benchmark for terroir-driven viticulture after Michel Chapoutier took charge in 1990. Operating on the motto 'Fac & Spera' (Do and Hope), the estate became an early, outspoken pioneer of biodynamic farming in 1991 across its extensive estate vineyards. Rooted along the granite terraces, fluvioglacial alluvial soils, and limestone outcrops of the northern and southern Rhône Valley, Chapoutier crafts transparent, single-vineyard bottlings (sélections parcellaires) alongside international ventures in regions like Portugal's Douro Valley. Winemaking favors indigenous yeasts, gentle extraction, and minimal intervention to preserve purity of origin, often eschewing new wood in favor of neutral oak casks or concrete vats. Benchmark cuvées—famed for their tactile Braille labeling introduced in 1994—include Hermitage icons such as Le Méal Blanc, De l'Orée, Les Greffieux, and Côte-Rôtie's La Mordorée, epitomizing tension, minerality, and structural longevity.
🍇 Grapes
Viognier
🍷 ABV
13.5-14%