Domaine La Rodeline Syrah La Sérine Valais AOC Rouge 2018 Photo coming soon Organic
Switzerland · Valais

La Sérine 2018

Domaine La Rodeline

Syrah from the terraces of Fully: the Valais answers the northern Rhône.

Open it when…

Long dinner Fire Celebrate

Tastes like

blackberry · roasted coffee · black pepper · violet

Feels like

deep, round, solid

CHF 80.00
CHF 80.00
CHF 53.33/L
VAT included
150cl only

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GrapesSyrah
Serve16-18
Decant1h
DrinkNow-2028

Emeric's note

A mountain dinner with friends

Taste profile

The wine's soundboard.

Tall bars, big wine. Low bars, easy wine.

The story

Behind the bottle

Domaine La Rodeline is a small family estate in Fully, in the Valais, with just over five hectares of terraced vines, certified organic (Bio Suisse) since 2016. Claudine and Yvon Roduit started it in 2003; their daughter Emmanuelle and her husband Michaël now run it.

La Sérine is their Syrah from the old Sérine selection, the small-berried Syrah of the northern Rhône, aged in cask. In magnum only.

Proof that the Valais can play with the northern Rhône. The 2018 is the oldest of the three.

— Emeric

Where it comes from

Valais map

The place

Valais

In the upper Rhône valley, ringed by the highest Alps, Valais is the largest and most dramatic Swiss region — about a third of the country's wine, grown on steep terraced south-facing slopes. It is the driest and sunniest corner of Switzerland, which lets a remarkable cast of indigenous grapes ripen: Petite Arvine, Cornalin, Humagne Rouge, Amigne, and Fendant (the local name for Chasselas). Some vineyards at Visperterminen climb past 1,000 m, among Europe's highest. Roughly 4,800 ha. Even if most of you know the Wallis for the white wines, it mostly produce reds, 59%, Pinot Noir leading 28%, followed by Chasselas and Gamay.

Climate
Continental Alpine, very dry and sunny (≈650mm rain, ≈2,500 sun hours)
Altitude
400–1,100 m
Classification
AOC Valais
SoilsSchistGraniteLimestoneGlacial moraine
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Best season to open it

Autumn Game season.
Winter Slow roasts by the fire.

SpringSummer

Have it with

🍽️ Game
🍽️ Red meat
Cheese

Press play

Dark jazzvinyl only.
  1. 01 Bohren & der Club of Gore – Midnight Black Earth— dark
  2. 02 Portishead – Roads— deep
  3. 03 Massive Attack – Teardrop— slow
Nerd mode 🔬 Soils, grapes, cellar, serving — for the truly curious

…I warned you. 😄

Terroir & craft

◆SoilsSchist, Granite, Limestone, Glacial moraine
◆Altitude400–1,100 m
◆GrapesSyrah
◆Blend100% Syrah, old Sérine selection
◆CellarSyrah from the old Sérine selection, terraced vineyards in Fully
◆CellarHand-picked, organic farming (Bio Suisse)
◆CellarAged 12 months in cask
◆Élevage12 months in cask
🌿CertificationsOrganic

Serving

◆Serve at16-18
◆GlassBordeaux
◆Decant1h
◆DrinkNow-2028

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