2021 · CÔTE-RÔTIE

Domaine Graeme & Julie Bott is a Northern Rhône estate based in Ampuis, founded in 2015 by Graeme Bott of New Zealand and Julie Bott of France after years working at Stéphane Ogier. The couple own and run the domaine themselves, from vineyard to cellar. Their parcels span Condrieu, Côte-Rôtie, Saint-Joseph and Seyssuel, on schist, granite, gneiss and mica schist soils. Farming is fully manual, with hand harvesting, sustainable and organic-minded practices, mulching in some sites, and no formal certification noted. They vinify parcel by parcel with a low-intervention approach, aiming to let terroir speak clearly: whites focused on freshness and minerality, reds on balance and fine tannins.