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René Rostaing

Always dramatic, Rene Rostaing went on at length about how the 1999 vintage went over the top for Cote-Rotie. "Freshness and sap is the definition of Cote-Rotie," he began. "But the '99s here are very powerful, very alcoholic and completely atypical. They're fine if you don't care whether they taste like Cote-Rotie. They're very commercial, too commercial. Today's market loves this style; they love rich, powerful wines that can be tasted with the big syrahs from Australia. But in 10 or 15 years, the '99s will be more standardized, not less, and even less identifiable as Cote-Rotie." Rostaing has not yet bottled his '99 Landonne, and once he does he plans to hold it for several years before releasing it, owing to its savage tannins. The 2000 vintage, says Rostaing, "expresses the sap and finesse of Cote-Rotie more successfully; it respects the terroir and the variety." Despite carrying out a green harvest in July of 2000, Rostaing still produced a healthy 38 hectoliters per hectare. But the wines are plenty ripe, he notes: between 12.5% and 13% alcohol without chaptalization.

From 2000 and 1999 Rhone Valley Wines (Jan 2002) by Stephen Tanzer

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2000 Cote-Rotie Cote Blonde

Release Price: $90

Color: Red

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