2003 Côte-Rôtie

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Côte Rôtie

Northern Rhône

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Syrah/Shiraz

Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Burgaud describes 2004 as a very classic vintage, while 2003 was "a unique year, with excessive sugar, ripeness, maturity, tannins and concentration."Like most of his colleagues, he is thrilled with the potential of his 2005.This is very small domain:Burgaud owns just four hectares of vines.The wines are characterized by their early power, weight and structure, and typically gain elegance only with patient cellaring.

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Burgaud told me he lost half his 2003 crop to spring frost, and it wasn't until the second half of August that the second-generation grapes got ripe. This latter fruit came in with lower grape sugars than the rest but brought better acidity. Still, virtually all of the grapes had one side burned by the sun. "You couldn't really select," he said. "You would have had to cut the grapes in half!" By harvesting late, beginning on August 30, Burgaud said he was able to avoid getting dry tannins. The result:Burgaud neither acidified nor chaptalized in 2003, and he considers the vintage to be quite typical of Cote-Rotie. "There's not huge material in 2003, but the wine will have a good balance," he told me. "It will be drinkable early but should also be able to age. "(Wines of France, Mountainside, NJ; Martine's Wines, San Rafael, CA; Europvin/Christopher Cannan Selections)