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Rostaing Cote-Rotie Cote Blonde 2013 1.5Ltr

size
1.5Ltr
country
France
region
Rhone Valley
appellation
Cote Rotie
3 Ratings
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VM
95
WS
94
WA
92
Additional vintages
2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2013 2012 2010 2006 2005 2004 1995
VM
95
Rated 95 by Vinous Media
92-95 Bright purple. Quite reduced today, with slow-to-open dark fruit and floral qualities and a strong element of cracked pepper. Aeration brings up an exotic note of Asian spices and an expanding floral quality but this is a pretty tough read. Fine-grained tannins give shape and grip to a strikingly long, spice-accented finish. ... More details
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Rostaing Cote-Rotie Cote Blonde 2013 1.5Ltr

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Professional Ratings
VM
95
WS
94
WA
92
VM
95
Rated 95 by Vinous Media
92-95 Bright purple. Quite reduced today, with slow-to-open dark fruit and floral qualities and a strong element of cracked pepper. Aeration brings up an exotic note of Asian spices and an expanding floral quality but this is a pretty tough read. Fine-grained tannins give shape and grip to a strikingly long, spice-accented finish.
WS
94
Rated 94 by Wine Spectator
Gorgeous white pepper and savory notes leap out, quickly followed by a solid core of bitter cherry, red currant and damson plum fruit. The finish is racy and tightly coiled, revealing a strong and persistent iron accent. Riveting acidity underscores this cellar-worthy version. Best from 2018 through 2028. 33 cases imported.
WA
92
Rated 92 by Wine Advocate
I found the 2013 Cote Rotie Cote Blonde reductive and hard to read from barrel, and it still shows some reductive aromas from bottle. Olive, truffle, forest floor, violets and ripe, black raspberry-like fruit characteristics flow nicely to a full-bodied, seamless Cote Rotie that has solid mid-palate depth and ripe tannin on the finish. There's lots to like here, but the reductive character will be something to watch and gives me a touch of concern. Give bottles another 4-5 years, at which point it will be easier to see where this is going.
Product Details
size
1.5Ltr
country
France
region
Rhone Valley
appellation
Cote Rotie
Additional vintages
2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2013 2012 2010 2006 2005 2004 1995
Overview
92-95 Bright purple. Quite reduced today, with slow-to-open dark fruit and floral qualities and a strong element of cracked pepper. Aeration brings up an exotic note of Asian spices and an expanding floral quality but this is a pretty tough read. Fine-grained tannins give shape and grip to a strikingly long, spice-accented finish.
green grapes

Varietal: Syrah

There continues to be much debate surrounding the name of the Shiraz/Syrah grape varietal, with many experts still quite unsure which came first. Indeed, even the origins of this varietal are more or less unknown, despite it being most commonly associated with the Rhone Valley of France, and New World countries, most notably Australia. However, its popularity and unique characteristics have seen it planted all over the world, where it continues to impress with its powerful flavors and wonderfully spicy notes of pepper and clove. Shiraz/Syrah wines are renowned also for their versatility, and are regularly used in single variety still and sparkling wines, as well as blended and oak aged wines which demonstrate its ability to express its terroir and secondary flavors very well.
barrel

Region: Rhone Valley

For over two thousand years, the southern French region of the Rhone Valley has been home to wine-makers and wineries of many different types. The ancient Greeks were the first to discover that a wide range of grape varietals can flourish in the rich soils and micro-climates which typify the region, and little has changed to this day. In the modern age, the Rhone Valley is recognized around the world as the home of excellent quality white, red and rosé wines, as well as some of the most highly respected blended wines on earth. The region is split into two distinctive sub-regions, with the cooler, continental northern sub-region producing primarily Syrah, Marsanne, Roussane and Viognier wines of exquisite quality, and the hotter southern sub-region growing a much wider variety of grapes.
fields

Country: France

France is renowned across the globe for its quality wines and the careful expertise which goes into making them, but what is truly remarkable about this relatively small country is the vast range of wines it produces in such huge amounts each year. Not only are the finest red wines in the world said to come from the beautiful regions of Bordeaux and Burgundy, but elsewhere in the country we find the Champagne region, and areas such as the Rhone Valley and the Loire, whose white wines consistently receive awards and accolades by the plenty. This range is a result of the great variety of climatic conditions and terrain found in France, coupled with generations of wine makers working within single appellations. Their knowledge of specific terroirs and grape varieties has, over time, perfected the production of wines within their region, and the end results continue to impress the world to this day.
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There continues to be much debate surrounding the name of the Shiraz/Syrah grape varietal, with many experts still quite unsure which came first. Indeed, even the origins of this varietal are more or less unknown, despite it being most commonly associated with the Rhone Valley of France, and New World countries, most notably Australia. However, its popularity and unique characteristics have seen it planted all over the world, where it continues to impress with its powerful flavors and wonderfully spicy notes of pepper and clove. Shiraz/Syrah wines are renowned also for their versatility, and are regularly used in single variety still and sparkling wines, as well as blended and oak aged wines which demonstrate its ability to express its terroir and secondary flavors very well.
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