Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie Landonne Vintage:2007 (86% tempranillo and 14% garnacha)

(86% tempranillo and 14% garnacha)

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

smooth-flowing and gently wooded on the palate

(from a superbly situated 1 ha parcel high on the hill)

Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie Landonne Vintage:2007 (86% tempranillo and 14% garnacha)The 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