Clos de la Roilette (Coudert), Fleurie Vendange Tardive, 2014 limit-1-per-customer or simply sipping with focus

or simply sipping with focus and good friends

Old-school Cote-Rotie from one of Ampuis' most uncompromising traditional houses

2 ha of old vines across prime lieux‑dits—including Mollard

and together they make a wine that's insanely easy to drink and crazy versatile at the table

The palate is velvety yet precise

Clos de la Roilette (Coudert), Fleurie Vendange Tardive, 2014 limit-1-per-customer or simply sipping with focusClos de la Roilette is a longtime Flatiron favorite Fleurie, and the Cuvee Tardive (labeled here Vendange Tardive) is its serious bottling. Fernand Coudert bought the run down estate in 1967; his son Alain has made the wine since the 1980s. The clos sits on an unusual band of clay rich soil that gives a wine closer to Moulin a Vent than typical granite Fleurie. The Tardive comes from the oldest vines, around 80 years old, and the name signals a wine