2019 Cote Rotie La Landonne

The 2019 Côte Rôtie Landonne is legendary stuff and one of those wines that will stop you in your tracks. Dense purple, with full-bodied aromas and flavors of dark, smoky fruits, smoked game, iron, and peppery herbs, it has incredible purity of fruit, perfect balance, and masses of silky, polished tannins. It’s going to demand a decade of bottle age, but this is magical.

Tasted from tank, I believe there was still some question regarding whether the 2019 Cote Rotie La Landonne would be bottled on its own or blended into the main cuvée. Wealthy trophy hunters will want to track down some of this, assuming it gets bottled, as it's a delicious effort. Hints of toast and caramel accent ripe red raspberries on the nose, while the medium to full-bodied palate is rich and velvety, and the long finish folds in attractive, enlivening hints of menthol.