2005 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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Bernard Burgaud describes vintage 2006 as "great, and a style that I really like, similar to 1988 or 1989 and much more elegant than 2005." He went on: "It is a classic vintage that should appeal to everyone, while 2005 is not for everybody. The '05s are solid wines and will need a lot of time to show themselves." At the end of our tasting he opened a bottle of his 1988 to show where he thinks the 2006 will be in two decades. That 1988 was mature but with no signs of decay, offering redcurrant, dried cherry, truffle and cured tobacco aromas and flavors, and strong spice and kirsch building on the long finish.

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Bernard Burgaud believes that his 2005 will age "for 20 years plus, easily" and that it's among the most promising wines he has ever made, with "wonderful richness and excellent acidity. "Burgaud offers a single wine from six vineyards, mostly on the hillside and at high altitude, and he destems completely. The wines are of the focused, elegant school, never dramatic but consistently built along classic lines. Yields here in 2005 were 36 hectoliters per hectare, which Burgaud deems ideal. (Wines of France, Mountainside, NJ; Martine's Wines, Novato, CA; Europvin/Christopher Cannan Selections, Oakland, CA)