Cote-Rotie Pierre Barge

The Barge family has made wine in Ampuis since 1860; Jules Barge was the first in Côte-Rôtie to sell domaine-bottled wine, in 1929. Pierre ran the estate until his son Gilles took over fully in 1994, and in that era the domaine made a single classic Côte-Rôtie from Côte Brune and Côte Blonde, leaning on the Brune. The Rare Wine Co calls the estate one of Côte Rôtie`s standard-bearers of traditionalism.