2021 L'Aventure Winery Estate Côte a Côte
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| Type of Wine | Red |
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| Vintage | 2020 |
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| Content (Alc) | 0.75 ltr (15%) |
| Drink window | 2022 - 2038 |
Description
The L' Aventure Estate Côte a Côte has depth and minerality. Dark cherries, black licorice, iodine, graphite, oyster shells. The L'Aventure Winery Côte a Côte is a blend of 37% Grenache, 32% Syrah and 31% Mourvedre. The palate is very classy and pure, with fine, grainy tannins, uplifting acidity and slowly opening layers of perfumed fruit that stimulate the very long finish.
French winemaker Stephan Asseo has a unique perspective on making wine in Paso Robles, having made wine in Bordeaux for 17 years before moving to California. “I moved here to have more freedom. Not to make appellation wine, but to make my own interpretation of my own terroir,” he says. “In Bordeaux, an appellation means one style of wine. I love the creativity here. In Paso, we shoot in all directions.”
Ratings: 96+ Wine Advocate, 96 James Suckling, 95 Vinous (A. Galloni), 97 Jeb Dunnuck, 94 Decanter
KEY POINTS
• Owner Stephan Asseo is one of the most influential winemakers in California
• Paso Robles is often called the “Rhone” of California
• L'Aventure is located west of Paso Robles and benefits from the freshness of the ocean
• A unique terroir made of pebbly and calcareous soils on rolling hills
• Estate Cuvee and Optimus have unique blends, with Syrah, Cabernet Sauv and Petit Verdot
• Very high ratings (a few 100 points in the past decade)
• Very scarce and exports represent 10% of the harvest
• Only 3 Négociants in Bordeaux who are allowed to distribute wine worldwide
• There will be no 2021 release to extend the aging process
• Affordable price compared to Napa Cult wines
A summary of James Suckling's about l'Aventure and Paso Roble
“PASO ROBLES' DOBLE: FRESH AND BALANCED"
Although Paso Robles wines often come with high alcohol, that doesn't stop producers from making fresh and balanced bottles. Leading producers such as L'Aventure […] found high-pitched balance with great intensity and phenolic ripeness that offset the heat, which is barely noticeable even with high alcohol levels.
“To achieve the maturity of polyphenols, we need to keep the fruit longer on the vines because of the cool nights here” said Stephane Asseo of L'Aventure, in Paso's Willow Creek district. “You have to put everything into context. We are in Paso, so we make Paso wines.” Asseo also stressed the importance of phenolic ripeness, saying it would be a mistake to harvest too early just for the sake of lower alcohol. “It is crucial to look at the maturity of polyphenols, not just Brix levels,” he said, referring to the measurement of sugar levels in grapes and wine. L'Aventure's Paso Robles Willow Creek District Cote a Cote 2020, a blend of 45 percent grenache, 30 percent syrah and 25 percent mourvedre, was the standout among the wineries' many blended wines and cabernet sauvignons.”
Specifications
| Type of Wine | Red |
|---|---|
| Country | USA |
| Region | Californie |
| Appellation | Paso Robles |
| Winery | L'Aventure Winery |
| Grape | Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Syrah-Shiraz |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Drinking as of | 2022 |
| Drinking till | 2038 |
| Alcohol % | 15 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 97 |
| James Suckling rating | 96 |
| Vinous rating | 95 |
| Tasting Profiles | Earthy, Complex, Dark fruit, Dry, Aged on wood, Powerful, Spicy, Tannines, Full |
| Drink moments | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe |
Wijnhuis
Stephan Asseo, owner and winemaker at L'Aventure Winery, started making wine in 1982, after his education at L'Ecole Oenologique de Macon, Bourgogne, France. In the same year, Stephan founded Domaine de Courteillac in Bordeaux. He and his family later bought Chateau Fleur Cardinal and Chateau Robin in the Cotes de Castillion, Bordeaux. Over the next 15 years, Stephan developed into an artisan winemaker with exacting craftsmanship and gained a reputation as a "maverick winemaker". However, his true desire was to be more innovative than AOC law would allow. This led him, his wife Beatrice and his three children, including his daughter Chloé, on a 1996 search for a great terroir, where he could pursue his ideal as a winemaker. After searching for over a year among the world's greatest wine fields, ranging from South Africa to Lebanon, from Argentina to Napa, they found Paso Robles. Stephan and Beatrice instantly "fell in love" with the unique terroir of west side Paso Robles. The rolling topography of the Santa Lucia Mountains, the deep calcareous soils and the maritime influences of the famous Templeton Gap combine to create a world-class wine country, with the potential to make some of the world's finest blends. Here, in Paso Robles, Stephan and his family started their adventure "L'Aventure" in 1998.
The spirit of L'Aventure is most apparent in Stephan's "Paso Blends", such as Optimus and Estate Cuvée. Both wines are blends of Syrah / Cabernet Sauvignon / Petit Verdot. In these wines, as well as in our Rhône blend Côte à Côte, the blending of premium grape varieties increases the authenticity, complexity and balance of the wines. In this adventurous spirit we find the future of Paso Robles wines...great, well-balanced red blends.
