{"id":841,"date":"2017-12-31T17:58:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T17:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=841"},"modified":"2017-12-31T17:58:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-31T17:58:57","slug":"caves-yves-cuilleron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=841","title":{"rendered":"Caves Yves Cuilleron"},"content":{"rendered":"

The most noticeable aspect of the Northern Rh\u00f4ne valley, at least on the western side, is the terraced vineyards perched along the hillsides just above a string of villages. The villages themselves are little more than homes, stores and offices along a single road, the D1086.\u00a0 In all honesty, the area is not very well oriented to tourism, other than wine tasting, unlike some locales in the Southern Rh\u00f4ne such as Orange, Ch\u00e2teauneuf or Gigondas.\u00a0 Ah, but there is quite some wine to taste in the north and Yves Cuilleron makes some of them.<\/p>\n

According to his web site (http:\/\/www.cuilleron.com\/en\/<\/a>), M. Cuilleron\u2019s family has run the winery for three generations; he has been in charge since 1987.\u00a0 Their properties are located along the entirety of the Rh\u00f4ne Valley, from the C\u00f4te R\u00f4tie to Costi\u00e8res de Nimes.\u00a0 The winery itself is in Chavanay, just south of the better known village of Condrieu.\u00a0 It\u2019s a pleasant enough little building, located on the main road.\u00a0 Other than a sign over the door\u2026 and his truck parked in front of his winery, there is no particular reason to expect fine wines within, except of course that wines are found in many little buildings in the area.<\/p>\n

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Caves Yves Cuilleron in Chavanay, France.\u00a0 Photo courtesy of Wine.com.<\/em><\/p>\n

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There are dozens of wines with the Cuilleron label: red, white and vin doux naturel (naturally sweet wines).\u00a0 The tasting room is generous in opening quite a few, so that you can have a reasonably broad introduction to Northern Rh\u00f4ne wines, for although they make wines from both north and south, they are primarily known for their northern wines.\u00a0 Other than in the white wine, Syrah is the principal grape of the Northern Rh\u00f4ne region.\u00a0 On our visit, we sipped a Condrieu (white). two St. Josephs (including Les Pierres S\u00e8ches(dy rocks) one of their better-known wines, a Crozes-Hermitage, a C\u00f4te R\u00f4tie and a Cornas.<\/p>\n

A bonus of a visit to Yves Cuilleron is the art on display, portraits by a local painter, Robert Bourasseau.\u00a0 M. Cuilleron is so taken by this artist\u2019s work that he has dedicated a series of his wines under the label Cuv\u00e9e Bourasseau.\u00a0 The tasting room has numerous paintings on display, all of them showing a person with a wine glass in his or her hand. (The paintings were not for sale but a poster of them is. \u00a0Lucie loved the paintings so much that she bought the poster.)<\/p>\n

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The tasting room at Cave Yves Cuilleron with paintings by Robert Bourasseau.<\/em><\/p>\n

There isn\u2019t much else to be found around the winery nor in the nearby villages.\u00a0 The nearest places we know to find something to eat are in the town of Ampuis, in the heart of C\u00f4te R\u00f4tie, about ten minutes\u2019 drive north of the winery.\u00a0 There are many wineries that you can drop in on, but be aware that almost every one closes for lunch from roughly 1:00 to 3:00.\u00a0 You should eat too.\u00a0 After all, you\u2019re in a sector of Wine Country in France, so do as the French do.\u00a0\u00a0 Just remember that they may have a glass or two of wine with their lunch, and you\u2019re going wine tasting afterwards, so take it easy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The most noticeable aspect of the Northern Rh\u00f4ne valley, at least on the western side, is the terraced vineyards perched along the hillsides just above a string of villages. The villages themselves are little more than homes, stores and offices along a single road, the D1086.\u00a0 In all honesty, the area is not very well … Continue reading Caves Yves Cuilleron<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":845,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions\/845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}