Domaine La Roubine
La Roubine, Southern Rhône
Domaine La Roubine is a wine producer in Southern Rhone, France. LeMieux Wine Co. distributes Domaine La Roubine wines to licensed restaurants, bars and retailers in Michigan.
Estate
Eric Ughetto, a former Parisian fireman and one-time mayor of Gigondas, and his wife Sophie took over her family's vineyards in the early 1990s. Certified organic since 2000. Five hectares of fifty-year-old vines on the north side of the Dentelles de Montmirail. One parcel at 150–160 meters on iron-rich red clay and cobbles; the terraces climb to 260–300 meters on quartzite, limestone, and alluvium.
Wines
100% whole cluster, natural fermentation, one daily pumpover in concrete, forty-five-day maceration. Aged in neutral concrete and large old oak. The blend runs roughly 70% Grenache, 15% Mourvèdre, 15% Syrah.
At a glance
- Home
- Gigondas, under the Dentelles de Montmirail
- Cellar
- Old wood and concrete, no heaviness
- Farming
- Certified organic; Gigondas, Vacqueyras and Sablet
- The people
- Sophie and Eric Ughetto
Wines in our book
- Cotes du Rhone Villages Rouge, Sablet, 2022, 2021Red · Côtes du Rhône Villages Sablet · Syrah, Grenache, Cinsault
- Gigondas, 2021Red · Gigondas · Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre
- Vacqueyras, 2021Red · Vacqueyras · Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre
More about Domaine La Roubine
Imported by The Source Imports.
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