In the glass
Aroma: blackberry preserve, smoked dark spice, cedar, black olive, iron mineral
Palate: intensely concentrated dark fruit, cedar and spice, mineral iron, dense powerful tannins, very long finish
Ogier's ultra-premium single-vine-parcel Cote-Rotie from the Lancement site, aged in 100% new oak. Among the most expressive and sought-after modern Cote-Rotie wines.
What it pairs with
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Beef Wellington with black truffle
The wine's new oak, dark fruit, and cedar match the luxury combination of beef and truffle in pastry. -
Grilled Wagyu ribeye
The wine's power and concentration needs intensely marbled beef of equal richness. -
Pigeon royale with foie gras jus
Game bird and foie gras jus meet the wine's power and complexity head-on.
History
Belle Helene was introduced in 1997 as Stephane Ogier's top single-vineyard Cote-Rotie. Named after a specific parcel on the Cote Brune, it uses 100% new oak and represents his most ambitious expression of the appellation.
- 1997 — First vintage of Belle Helene as Ogier's prestige single-vineyard cuvee
Facts
- Producer
- Domaine Stephane Ogier
- Grapes
- Syrah (100%)
- Classification
- Cote-Rotie AOC
- Oak
- 24 months in new French oak barriques (100% new oak)
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Price
- EUR 200-350 at retail
- Drinking window
- 10-25 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1997
- Organic
- ECOCERT