Domaine La Grande Colline Cuvée SP Hirotake Ooka 2009 Bottle (75cl)
Domaine La Grande Colline Cuvée SP Hirotake Ooka 2009 is a French red wine from Domaine de la Grande Colline, produced in the Rhône Valley and marketed under the Vin de France appellation. This Cuvée SP is named after Hirotake Ooka. The 2009 vintage is a defined expression of the estate, with no blend details or additional technical information provided.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Rhone
- Appellation
- Vin de France
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine de la Grande Colline
- Cuvée
- SP
- Millésime
- 2009
Domaine de la Grande Colline
Domaine de la Grande Colline is located on the heights of Cornas and also shares a history closely tied to Saint-Péray. Founded by Hirotake Ooka, it is now managed by Jonathan Jacquart, who notably vinifies Syrah in whole clusters, with measured extractions and aging in neutral oak barrels. The vineyard spans 3.8 hectares of hillside plots.
- Owner
- Jonathan Jacquart
- Maître de chais
- Jonathan Jacquart
- Surface (ha)
- 3.80 ha
Histoire du domaine
The estate was created in the early 2000s by Hirotake Ooka, a Japanese winemaker trained in oenology in Bordeaux. After working with Jean-Louis Grippat and Domaine de Vallouit, while joining Thierry Allemand on weekends, he joined the latter's team in 2000. Ooka then acquired a plot in Saint-Péray and produced his first vintage in 2001, before developing a 3.8-hectare vineyard that notably includes Syrah hillside plots in Cornas. He produced the estate's now-iconic cuvées, including G, SP, and Cornas. The 2017 vintage was his last in France: he sold the property and returned to Japan, where he has been producing wine in Okayama starting in 2018. Thierry Allemand then bought the estate and associated Jonathan Jacquart with its management. A former sommelier at the restaurant Lasserre in Paris, Jacquart trained with Emmanuel Reynaud at Château Rayas, Thierry Allemand, and several estates in Alsace, Jura, and Burgundy. Now presented by the estate's importer as owner and winemaker, he manages the vineyard and vinification while developing biodiversity across the plots.
SP
SP is a white wine made from grapes from the Saint-Péray sector, marketed outside the AOC under its own proprietary name. Depending on the documented vintages, it is crafted from Marsanne alone or blended with Roussanne. It is therefore a true commercial benchmark of the estate rather than the Saint-Péray appellation itself.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- "SP" uses the initials of Saint-Péray, as the wine was marketed outside the appellation first as Vin de table, then as Vin de France.
- Cuvée creation year
- 2004
- Style of the cuvée
- A full-bodied and complex Rhône white wine, combining richness, acid freshness, and a distinct expression of the white grape varieties of Saint-Péray. Some bottles may display a slight effervescence due to a low-intervention vinification.
Histoire de la cuvée
The first documented release under the name SP dates back to the 2004 vintage, introduced as a white Vin de table after the estate ceased marketing under the Saint-Péray AOC. The reference was subsequently produced in several vintages, notably 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, and 2014.
