Clos de la Roilette (Coudert), Fleurie Vendange Tardive, 2014 still macabeo offering a firmer

offering a firmer

Aromas of lemon oil

with aromas of white peach

The same wine—Ferrando's elegant

Clos de la Roilette (Coudert), Fleurie Vendange Tardive, 2014 still macabeo offering a firmerClos de la Roilette is a longtime Flatiron favorite Fleurie, and the Cuvee Tardive (labeled here Vendange Tardive) is its serious bottling. Fernand Coudert bought the run down estate in 1967; his son Alain has made the wine since the 1980s. The clos sits on an unusual band of clay rich soil that gives a wine closer to Moulin a Vent than typical granite Fleurie. The Tardive comes from the oldest vines, around 80 years old, and the name signals a wine