2019 Cote Rotie La Viaillere
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Glass-staining violet. Powerfully scented blackberry, cherry liqueur, exotic spice and olive scents are complemented by suave floral and smoky mineral elements. Sweet, seamless and expansive on the palate, offering intense, densely packed black and blue fruit preserve, violet pastille, salty olive and black pepper flavors that deepen steadily through the back half. The juicy, finely delineated finish features gripping tannins, bright mineral cut and shows superb persistence. One-third new, large format oak barrels.
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Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
Josh Raynolds
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Heady aromas of ripe, spice-accented red and dark berries, potpourri, vanilla, olive and incense carry a smoky topnote. Sweet, broad and seamless on the palate, offering concentrated bitter cherry, black raspberry, violet pastille, cola and spicecake flavors firmed by a spine of juicy acidity. Fine-grained tannins build slowly on a strikingly long, incisive finish that leaves behind notes of candied dark fruit, cracked pepper and exotic spices. 60% new demi-muids .