Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie Blonde other_regions focusing on the cedarwood

focusing on the cedarwood

The 2000 Barolo Riserva Le Rocche del Falletto is soft and quite open in feel

blackberry pie and blueberry compote with a touch of cedar chest

thick and unctuous effort that's overflowing with notes of browned butter

smoked meats and tilled soil with wafts of garrigue

Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie Blonde other_regions focusing on the cedarwoodThe 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.