When starting Rotie Cellars I wanted to pay respect to the wines I truly love to drink, wines of the Rhone. From the dense Syrah-Viognier Blends of the north, to the sultry GSM’s of the South, I've always felt there is plenty to love and learn.
So I set a goal to start a winery based entirely on making traditional Rhone blends in Washington State. The idea is to combine old world wine-making techniques with the best Rhone varietals in the area.
Rotie will never be a large winery with a huge production, but rather, a small winery dedicated to creating old world wines from new world grapes.
The whole point of Rotie Cellars is to make traditional Rhone Blends with Washington State fruit. So what do traditional Rhone blends mean to me? To start with, they mean lower alcohol, less ripe, less wood, balanced, finesse driven, mouth coating wines.
