Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie Blonde Vintage:2017 concentrated dream liquid fills your

concentrated dream liquid fills your mouth and coats your palate while mesmerizing your senses for at least 60 seconds

Made after very long ageing in different oak vats and barrels

powerful finish

The freshest nose to this point with an earthy extract of red and black cherry and pinot fruit aromas that introduce edgy and firmly if not aggressively structured medium full flavors that are quite complex and this finishes with a noticeably dry

leaving behind vibrant spice

Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie Blonde Vintage:2017 concentrated dream liquid fills yourThe most tannic of the "big three" bottlings this year, the 2018 Cote Rotie la Cote Blonde features elegant hints of mixed herbs entwined around bold boysenberry fruit. It's medium to full bodied, with plentiful fine grained tannins that firm up on the long finish. Embryonic, but oh so promising, it should blossom in another five years or so.