Gamay, Domaine Sérol “Chez Muron” 2023
The Côte Roannaise is one of a handful of lonely wine regions at the head of the Loire River, but is actually closer to both the Mâcon in Burgundy and Condrieu in the northern Rhône than it is to Sancerre and its satellites which represent the next winemaking stop along their shared banks. Perdrizière is a uniquely healthy vineyard due to being planted to rot-resistant hybrids requiring low amounts of copper in between the advent of phylloxera and the 1930s, and then lying fallow until Robert Sérol purchased the site in the 80s. Today his son Stephane farms here biodynamically and vinifies the wines in a geothermal and solar powered winery. Interestingly, Robert was also the driving force behind the Côte Roannaise gaining AOC status in 1994. The area had been completely decimated by phylloxera, shrinking in vineyard acreage by 99 percent. It wasn’t until Domaine Sérol ended up on the list at the famed Les Frères Troisgrois in neighboring Roanne that anyone started to take the potential of the area seriously.
Must be 21 years old to purchase. ID is required at delivery or in-store pickup.
The Côte Roannaise is one of a handful of lonely wine regions at the head of the Loire River, but is actually closer to both the Mâcon in Burgundy and Condrieu in the northern Rhône than it is to Sancerre and its satellites which represent the next winemaking stop along their shared banks. Perdrizière is a uniquely healthy vineyard due to being planted to rot-resistant hybrids requiring low amounts of copper in between the advent of phylloxera and the 1930s, and then lying fallow until Robert Sérol purchased the site in the 80s. Today his son Stephane farms here biodynamically and vinifies the wines in a geothermal and solar powered winery. Interestingly, Robert was also the driving force behind the Côte Roannaise gaining AOC status in 1994. The area had been completely decimated by phylloxera, shrinking in vineyard acreage by 99 percent. It wasn’t until Domaine Sérol ended up on the list at the famed Les Frères Troisgrois in neighboring Roanne that anyone started to take the potential of the area seriously.
Must be 21 years old to purchase. ID is required at delivery or in-store pickup.
The Côte Roannaise is one of a handful of lonely wine regions at the head of the Loire River, but is actually closer to both the Mâcon in Burgundy and Condrieu in the northern Rhône than it is to Sancerre and its satellites which represent the next winemaking stop along their shared banks. Perdrizière is a uniquely healthy vineyard due to being planted to rot-resistant hybrids requiring low amounts of copper in between the advent of phylloxera and the 1930s, and then lying fallow until Robert Sérol purchased the site in the 80s. Today his son Stephane farms here biodynamically and vinifies the wines in a geothermal and solar powered winery. Interestingly, Robert was also the driving force behind the Côte Roannaise gaining AOC status in 1994. The area had been completely decimated by phylloxera, shrinking in vineyard acreage by 99 percent. It wasn’t until Domaine Sérol ended up on the list at the famed Les Frères Troisgrois in neighboring Roanne that anyone started to take the potential of the area seriously.
Must be 21 years old to purchase. ID is required at delivery or in-store pickup.
The Côte Roannaise is one of a handful of lonely wine regions at the head of the Loire River, but is actually closer to both the Mâcon in Burgundy and Condrieu in the northern Rhône than it is to Sancerre and its satellites which represent the next winemaking stop along their shared banks. Perdrizière is a uniquely healthy vineyard due to being planted to rot-resistant hybrids requiring low amounts of copper in between the advent of phylloxera and the 1930s, and then lying fallow until Robert Sérol purchased the site in the 80s. Today his son Stephane farms here biodynamically and vinifies the wines in a geothermal and solar powered winery. Interestingly, Robert was also the driving force behind the Côte Roannaise gaining AOC status in 1994. The area had been completely decimated by phylloxera, shrinking in vineyard acreage by 99 percent. It wasn’t until Domaine Sérol ended up on the list at the famed Les Frères Troisgrois in neighboring Roanne that anyone started to take the potential of the area seriously.
Must be 21 years old to purchase. ID is required at delivery or in-store pickup.