Rene Rostaing Cote-Rotie Cote Blonde 2023 (1.5L) [NET] SF Chronicle Jalapeno Chilies

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A small-production Saint-Émilion from the appellation's gravel-and-sand sector near St-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens

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It is full-bodied and deep but

The 2014 is a Cabernet-driven blend that reflects the year's classical

Rene Rostaing Cote-Rotie Cote Blonde 2023 (1.5L) [NET] SF Chronicle Jalapeno ChiliesThe Cote Blonde is the more lyrical of Cote Rotie's two great hills granitic and sand dappled, named (per legend) for the blonde daughter the Lord of Maugiron bequeathed it to. Rostaing's bottling has long been one of the appellation's most graceful, all perfume and silk where La Landonne is iron and grip. Pierre Rostaing, who now runs the estate his father Rene built, farms these old vines with a feather touch and ages the wine in mostly neutral oak