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Score 95-97/100 · Josh Raynolds

Saturated ruby. A complex, expansive bouquet displays aromas of fresh dark berries, cherry liqueur, incense and candied violet, and a smoky Indian spice nuance builds in the glass. Concentrated yet energetic and precise, offering intense blackberry and bitter cherry flavors supported by a spine of vibrant minerality. Clings with superb tenacity on the youthfully tannic, floral-dominated finish, leaving behind smoky mineral and star anise notes. Apr 2017, www.vinous.com

Critic scores

Critic scores
99
99/100

Average Score

96
95-97/100

Josh Raynolds

100
100-100/100

John Livingstone-Learmonth, Drink Rhône

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100 - 100 points
John Livingstone-Learmonth, Drink Rhône
Score 100-100/100 · John Livingstone-Learmonth, Drink Rhône

(2 year 600-litre oak cask) full red robe. The bouquet is savoury, gives an air of ripe red fruits, smoky bacon – it is reserved, but has class, latent raspberry and mulberry. The palate debut is silken, has a most textured surface above a real plunge of full content with a build of serious tannin, a compact pile of tannin. This is very well structured, is Grand Vin. It is coolly floral, is complex, intricate, extended. Oct 2016, www.drinkrhone.com, Drink: 2024-2046

100 points
Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate
Score 100/100 · Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate

I give Rostaing's 2015 Cote Rotie La Cote Blonde the slightest of edges over the La Landonne for its more aromatic, floral nose. It shows that same unfathomable depth and richness married to a sense of weightlessness and elegance that marks the La Landonne, and it also shows those wonderfully pure raspberry flavors. It's lush, velvety and incredibly long on the finish. Collectors fortunate enough to grab some of each will have great fun comparing the two over the next 30 years or so. Dec 2017, www.robertparker.com

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