Red Wine: 2009 | Domaine Rostaing | Cote Rotie Cote Blonde

Lots of ripe black raspberry fruits, graphite, peppery spice, and earthy minerality give way to a full-bodied, opulent wine with chewy tannins and a blockbuster finish.

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Producer: Domaine Rostaing

Ratings: WS | 95 JD | 95

Vintage: 2009

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13%

Varietal: Syrah

Country/Region: France, Rhone

Lots of ripe black raspberry fruits, graphite, peppery spice, and earthy minerality give way to a full-bodied, opulent wine with chewy tannins and a blockbuster finish.

Reviews:

• Wine Spectator: Very perfumy at first, with violet and singed bay leaf notes leading the way for very silky plum and cherry confiture flavors. The long, dark finish lets an iron hint flitter through as this expands steadily, revealing lots of charcoal-tinged grip that blossoms and blossoms, turning this into an intense, dark, brooding wine.

• Jeb Dunnuck: The 2009 Cte Rtie Cte Blonde isnt far off the 2010 but has a more sunny, opulent style thats very much in the vibe of the vintage. Lots of ripe black raspberry fruits, graphite, peppery spice, and earthy minerality give way to a full-bodied, opulent wine with chewy tannins and a blockbuster finish. It too has another two decades or more of prime drinking.

Producer Information

Domaine Rostaing, often called Ren Rostaing after its founder, is a leading wine estate in the Cte-Rtie region of the Northern Rhne, and particularly known for its Syrah-based wines. The first Rostaing wine was produced in 1971 when the estate covered a mere 1.5 hectares (3.7 acres) split between the Cte Blonde and La Landonne subregions of the Cte Rtie. This slowly grew as Rostaing purchased additional plots and the took over his uncle’s and his father-in-law’s vineyards. Today the domaine has just over seven hectares (18 acres) of vineyards in the wider Cte Rtie a sizeable holding by the region’s standards plus one hectare (2.5 acres) in the white wine (Viognier-based) appellation of Condrieu, which produces the La Bonnette cuve. Rostaing also owns a small plot in Lzardes, on the northern border of Cte Rtie, where he makes Syrah and Viognier wines under the IGP Collines Rhodaniennes designation. Rostaing makes several Cte Rtie wines. This includes cuves from both the La Landonne and Cte Blonde subregions, and the Ampodium, which comes from other sites within the appellation. These are aged in a mix of regular and large-format barrels, with a very small proportion of new oak. Rostaing also owns an estate near Nmes where it produces wines under the Languedoc appellation.