2018 Cote Rotie Les Grandes Places
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Inky ruby color. Expressive kirsch, cassis and candied violet scents, along with hints of vanilla, espresso and olive paste. Juicy and broad on the palate, offering appealingly sweet, deeply concentrated black and blue fruit, mocha, licorice and floral pastille flavors that are supported by a core of juicy acidity. Youthfully chewy tannins add shape to an impressively long finish that features lingering dark berry, olive and spice notes.
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Josh Raynolds
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Intensely perfumed, mineral-accented aromas of dark fruit liqueur, pungent flowers and licorice show excellent clarity and energetic lift. Juicy blackberry, boysenberry, bitter cherry and floral pastille flavors deepen slowly through the midpalate while picking up a spicy nuance. Broad and chewy in texture, with a strikingly long, floral-driven finish that features well-knit tannins and an echo of exotic spices. Made with 50% new oak.
The 2018 Cote Rotie les Grandes Places (assembled from several barrels) boasts aromas of tar, blackberries and blueberries. It's medium to full-bodied, open-knit and a bit tannic, but it's ripe, flavorful and long on the finish.