M. Chapoutier Cote-Rotie La Mordoree 1999 200-299 The latter offerings are competent

The latter offerings are competent but commercial

as well as an explosive nose of smoke

dense purple-colored 2000 Premium Shiraz Draycott emerges from a vintage that is not as highly regarded as the 2001 and 2002

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M. Chapoutier Cote-Rotie La Mordoree 1999 200-299 The latter offerings are competentChapoutier's La Mordoree cuvee is produced from 75 80 year old Syrah vines planted in both the Cote Blonde and Cote Brune, aged in 100% new oak casks, and bottled with neither fining nor filtration. The 1999 Cote Rotie La Mordoree is the finest he has produced since the 1991 (two bottles drunk over the last six months confirm this fabulous wine's potential as it is just now beginning to emerge from a cloak of tannin). The 1999 has closed down since