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René Rostaing

Rostaing, a reliably frank producer who knows exactly what great Cote-Rotie should taste like even if weather conditions don't allow him to produce it every year, describes his '99s as too rich and too high in alcohol to be classic Cote-Roties. "They're a more southern style of wine, more like Chateauneuf du Pape. Right now I feel that if they didn't say Cote-Rotie on the label, I would never guess what they were." At the time of my visit, Rostaing was considering bottling the '99s later than usual, perhaps after the harvest of 2001, in the hopes that they would become "more Cote-Rotie-like" with longer levage Incidentally, after including the juice from his Viaillere holding in his 1998 cuvee classique due to the tiny size of the crop, Rostaing has decided to do this every year in order to give greater depth to his basic bottling. These very old petit serine vines produce very irregular crop levels, and thus Rostaing was not in the position to assure an adequate allocation of La Viaillere to his regular importers. Don't miss Rostaing splendid '98s.

From 1999 and 1998 Rhone Valley Wines (Jan 2001) by Stephen Tanzer

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1998 Cote-Rotie Cuvee Classique

Color: Red

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