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Cote Rotie Les Schistes, Clusel-Roch 2018

RegionRhône
Subregion France > Rhône > Northern Rhône > Côte Rotie
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietySyrah

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Tasting Notes

Saturated ruby. Displays candied blue fruits, cherry, pungent flowers, olive and baking spices on the highly fragrant nose. Sweet and precise on the palate, offering mineral-laced blueberry, cherry-cola and violet pastille flavors that are braced by a spine of juicy acidity. Smoothly blends power and delicacy and finishes long and spicy, with discreet tannins adding framework and gentle grip. 2024 - 2032

93
Josh Raynolds, vinous.com, December 2022

Deep and shiny ruby in the glass. The nose here carries the sweet redolence of the vintage, with damson, blackberry and blueberry on show together with a whiff of white pepper. On the palate, there is a deft balance, this is a supple and giving Cote Rotie that is approachable already, bursting with notes of dark cherry, blueberry and pink peppercorn, it has a finesse that tames the heat of the vintage. A fine, succulent effort that will drink well for a decade, gaining that savoury, peppery and gamey undertone with time.

91
Thomas Parker MW, Farr Vintners, May 2024

(casks) dark robe; the nose is reserved, has a sweet centre, carries blue fruit, a note of grilling. The palate runs with lissom content, appeals via its silken texture, leads into a succulent, entertaining finish with plenty of squeezy richness there. The freedom and persistence of the fruit is its ace card, and it’s shapely, jolly Rôtie that will please. There’s a hint of mineral on the aftertaste, and that influence may well grow over time. From 2022. 2040-42 ****

John Livingstone-Learmonth, drinkrhone.com, November 2019
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