1995 Cote Rotie Cote Blonde
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Slightly muted on the nose and this is showing some very nice development. More restrained and with less make-up that the Guigal, this is a terroir wine. Now mature, this shows tobacco, sweet oak and black olives, is superbly balanced and shows the Cote Rotie’s slightly feminine style really well.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Jancis Robinson MW
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The 1995 Côte Rôtie Côte Blonde shows the more structured, focused style of this vintage and has a complex, nuanced bouquet of ripe dark berry fruits, tobacco, black olive tapenade, and menthol. Full-bodied, concentrated, and seamless on the palate, with notable concentration, it should continue drinking nicely through 2025 and, I suspect, have a gradual decline after that.
From a vintage that produced classic, structured and focused reds, the 1995 Côte Rôtie Côte Blonde came from miniscule yields of 18 hectoliters and offers a gorgeous bouquet of sweet dark fruits, tobacco leaf, olive tapenade and mint. About as classic an expression of this incredible terroir as you’re likely to find, it has full-bodied richness, superb concentration, and a seamless, silky texture. It’s drinking brilliantly today, and can be consumed anytime over the coming decade.