Mathilde & Yves Gangloff

Geography
40km South of Lyon in the Rhône Valley, the Condrieu and Côte Rôtie AOC’s stretch alongside 30km of river.

The Estate
The cellar is located in the heart of the Condrieu village on one of the town’s most ancient streets. The old workshop was restored in 1992 and has ever since housed the barrels and wine storehouses.

History
The Estate was founded in 1988 by Yves Gangloff and his partner Mathilde. At the time, it consisted of 1.5 ha in Côte Rôtie and 1.5 hectares in Condrieu. Today the estate stretches over 3 hectares in Côte Rôtie on the communes of Ampuis and Tupin-Semons and 2 hectares in Condrieu.

The Soil
The estate’s unique dry, white wine comes from two lieux-dits : le Côteau de Chéry with South-Southeastern exposure and la Côte Bonnette with South-Southwestern exposure. This sandy and rocky soil, composed mainly of granite, is held in by low walls of dry rock on slopes that are sometimes dizzying.
Varietal: Viognier

The two Côte Rôtie wines produced at the estate share three lieux-dits [“areas” –we don’t have an equivalent for this word in English], Côte Rozier, made up of schist and mica-schist, Combard-Mollard and Côteau de Tupin, both of which are made up of granite and quartz.
Varietals: Syrah and Viognier

Since the composition of the hillsides is identical for both appellations, the work, which is only somewhat mechanized, is the same. The whole year through, the workforce is committed to practicing cultivation that is respectful and considerate of the terroir, controlling the robustness of the vines and their yield in order to obtain grapes that are healthy and ripe for the harvest. Each season brings a unique type of work. In winter, besides tending to the size of the grapes and the trellising, mending rock walls takes up a great amount of time. After the summer, the harvest is the most greatly anticipated time of year. Not only does it mark the culmination of the year’s work but it is also a festive period. A team of regular workers makes up the hub of those 10 days of intense work, and the ambiance is both sociable and professional.