1996 Cote Rotie Les Grandes Places
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The 1996 Cote Rotie Les Grandes Places is concentrated and rich. The wine exhibits a dark ruby color with purple nuances, and plenty of toasty pain grille notes intermixed with blackberry and raspberry fruit. The wine is medium to full-bodied and fleshy, with good acidity, but it is tannin that gives a wine structure and grip as opposed to acidity. Anticipated maturity: now-2012. Importers: New Castle Imports, Myrtle Beach, SC; tel. (803) 497-8625 and Langdon Shiverick, Cleveland, OH; tel. (216) 861-6800
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The 1996 Cote Rotie Les Grandes Places is concentrated and rich. The wine exhibits a dark ruby color with purple nuances, and plenty of toasty pain grille notes intermixed with blackberry and raspberry fruit. The wine is medium to full-bodied and fleshy, with good acidity, but it is tannin that gives a wine structure and grip as opposed to acidity. Anticipated maturity: now-2012. Feb 1999, www.robertparker.com
Deep ruby-red. Explosive yet cool aromas of blackberry, minerals, leather, game and pungent oak spice. The most concentrated of these '96s; shows real old-viney intensity, and more flesh than the last wine. More expressive today than Gerin's '96 La Landonne, and considerably sweeter in the mouth. Finishes firmly tannic and very long.