Roilette was the name of the prior owner's prized race horse. 

The name "tardive" is misleading and often causes confusion. The grapes were not late-harvested. 

The cuvée consists of the estate's oldest vines and the wine always benefits from time, usually a few years, before showing its true potential.

The Clos de la Roilette, a lieu-dit in the village of Fleurie, covers nine hectares of one of the best slopes in the Beaujolais Crus.

The clos has an eastern Exposure, borders the Moulin-à-Vent Appellation, and produces wines that are beautiful when young and have the capacity to age 5-10 years, depending on the vintage.

Tasting Notes: The bouquet offers up scents of black plums, black cherries, a hint of pomegranate, bitter chocolate, dark soil tones, fresh thyme, woodsmoke, beautifully discreet spice tones and a smoky top note. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and rock solid at the core, with great focus and grip, lovely mineral drive on the backend, ripe, buried tannins and a long, nascently complex, seamlessly balanced and still fairly tight-knit finish. 

Varietal: Gamay

Region: Fleurie, Beaujolais, France