Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie Landonne Vintage:2007 green apple and tangerine skin-suffused

green apple and tangerine skin-suffused aromas

smooth-flowing and gently wooded on the palate

with a gripping sense of structure that is yielding but dense at the same time

A completely backward but superbly complex nose displays layered aromas that run to game and underbrush as well as ripe red and dark berry fruit trimmed in a bit of wood toast that give way to rich

Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie Landonne Vintage:2007 green apple and tangerine skin-suffusedThe 2001 Cote Rotie La Landonne reveals a roasted espresso character along with licorice, pepper, scorched earth, and dense blackberry and cassis fruit. Firm, tannic, and masculine as well as aromatic (a characteristic of this cool vintage), it requires another 2 3 years of cellaring, after which it should last for 7 8 years. Rene Rostaing is one of the most masterful growers and bottlers of Cote Rotie. Sadly, there is not much produced. P. S. Pierre