Domaine Pique Basse is located in Roaix, where Olivier Tropet, talented enologist, has being making wonderful wines since 2007, following a long family tradition. Roaix village is few kilometers down the road from Rasteau and the wines are similar: big, full-bodied wines based largely on grenache. Nonetheless, Olivier Tropet wines are always b...
Domaine Pique Basse is located in Roaix, where Olivier Tropet, talented enologist, has being making wonderful wines since 2007, following a long family tradition. Roaix village is few kilometers down the road from Rasteau and the wines are similar: big, full-bodied wines based largely on grenache. Nonetheless, Olivier Tropet wines are always balanced with some freshness making his wine more accessible and subtle. Farming here is ecologically friendly: neither herbicides nor insecticides are used and the wines are made with minimal intervention.
Date founded | 2000 |
Location | Roaix |
Region | Rhône South |
Surface | 28 Ha |
Nb. of bottles | 20 000 |
Grapes | Syrah - Grenache white - Grenache black - Aubun - Mourvèdre - carignan - cinsault |
Organic | certified |
Growing on a rich soil made of clay and sand, it is by controlling the yield that Olivier Tropet is able to produce a wine with incredible and broad aromas. The red berries are dominant, especially the blackberries but are also well supported by notes of nutmeg and star anise. 1-Dry -----4---------- Sweet-101-Light ----------7---- Strong-10 Growing on a rich soil made of clay...
Grown of the side hills of the mount Ventraben, the predominant Grenache blend has an intense nose of fresh dark and red fruit lifted by notes of violet and spice. Pure, precise and silky on the palate, with balanced red and black fruit, hints of pepper and integrated fine grain tannins. 1-Dry ------4------------ Sweet-101-Light -----------8------... Grown of the side hills of the mount...
From one old parcel and a perfect terroir for Syrah, it is an outstanding, medium bodied wine. The subtle nose of black and white spice, tobacco smoke and hints of meat juice and wet slate. Elegant in the mouth with a subtle power that grows with pure, fresh fruit, white tobacco spice, clean smooth tannins and amazing graphite minerality on a super long... From one old parcel and a perfect...
Grown on the typical limestone-clay soil of Rasteau with a perfect exposure south-east, the noose has a large aromatic expression of dark fruits and fine spices. In the mouth, it has a velvety touch combined with freshness and resilience due to the remaining acidity. The tannins are elegant and melted but still present enough to give a wine with... Grown on the typical limestone-clay...