Rene Rostaing Cote-Rotie Cote Blonde 2023 [NET] SF Chronicle Medium-bodied

Medium-bodied

farmed and harvested for over twenty-five years -- from the warmer valley floor out to the coolest western reaches where fog and coastal ridges keep things tense

adding extra layers of menthol and sweetness

from which Jérôme crafts various cuvées

From Vosne-Romanée's quietly respected producers comes this village-level expression of Burgundian restraint

Rene Rostaing Cote-Rotie Cote Blonde 2023 [NET] SF Chronicle Medium-bodiedThe most ethereal wine in the Rostaing portfolioand the hardest to find. Only about 350 cases are produced from the oldest vines (70+ years) on the pale granite and gneiss of Cte Blonde. Where Cte Brune is dark, dense, and iron rich, Cte Blonde is silky, floral, and luminouslighter siliceous soils produce a wine of extraordinary elegance. Ren Rostaing inherited prized parcels from Marius Gentaz and Albert Dervieux; his son Pierre now manages the