2012 Cote Rotie Barbarine
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(aged in one-third new oak): Bright purple. Ripe black and blue fruits, incense, candied flowers and smoky minerals on the perfumed nose. Smooth, palate-coating cherry and blueberry flavors show very good focus and vivacity thanks to juicy acidity and a jolt of peppery spices. Finishes sweet, broad and very long, with velvety tannins coming on late.
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Leading off the reds, the 2012 Côte Rôtie La Barbarine offers brilliant notes of warm spice, toasted bread, olive and licorice in its core of raspberry and black raspberry-driven bouquet. Ripe, textured and mouth filling, with medium to full-bodied richness and depth, it has solid mid-palate concentration, sweet tannin and a down right hard to resist profile. Drink this sexy Côte Rôtie over the coming decade.
Leading off the reds, the 2012 Côte Rôtie La Barbarine offers brilliant notes of warm spice, toasted bread, olive and licorice in its core of raspberry and black raspberry-driven bouquet. Ripe, textured and mouth filling, with medium to full-bodied richness and depth, it has solid mid-palate concentration, sweet tannin and a down right hard to resist profile. Drink this sexy Côte Rôtie over the coming decade.||While Yves Gangloff fashions a decidedly rich, full-bodied style of white, his reds are incredibly elegant, seamless and perfumed. eRobertParker.com.December, 2014