Saint-Joseph Rouge Zelée

Aurélien Chatagnier

Aurelien Chatagnier Saint-Joseph Rouge _Zelée_

Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Saint-Joseph

Variety

Syrah

The cuvée Zélée (as in zealous, or zealot) is selected by Aurélien each year from his favorite barrels. This vintage is focused on one of his best parcels in Limony, a selection of other barrels is blended in each year. The first vintage produced of this cuvée was in 2016, with the goal of crafting a wine with more freshness, length, and capacity to age.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

The base is from one of the domaine’s older parcels in Limony

Soil type

Granite

Vines planted in1990

Vineyard size0.40 ha

Altitude300 m

Vinification

100% destemmed. Natural yeast fermentation in fiberglass tanks, three pumpovers per day. Maceration à chaud at 30-32ºC.

Elevage15 months in new and used barrels

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Additional info

Total production average2,500 bottles

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More about
the producer

Aurélien Chatagnier

Founded in 2004

8 hectares

Aurélien Chatagnier founded his own domaine in 2002, when he was just in his early 20s. He doesn’t come from a winemaking family, but as a teenager, he worked in the vines for Domaine Jamet, where he became inspired to learn more about winemaking. He worked for several years with François Villard, who eventually pushed him to head out on his own. Starting with just over one hectare of rented vines, Aurélien has steadily built up a domaine of almost 10 hectares by purchasing, bartering, and replanting vineyards around the town of Saint-Pierre-de-Boeuf at the northern extreme of the Saint-Joseph appellation. The vineyards are rooted predominantly in granite soils and are very steep. The house style leans towards a lean, pure style of winemaking, and beautifully depicts the reason why some ...