Rene Rostaing Cote-Rotie La Landonne 2023 (1.5L) [NET] FRFLSH it lands squarely between crisp

it lands squarely between crisp and creamy

The 2020 expresses pure

layered with hints of almonds

and the result is fresh

This 90% Franc

Rene Rostaing Cote-Rotie La Landonne 2023 (1.5L) [NET] FRFLSH it lands squarely between crispIf the Cote Blonde is Cote Rotie's lyric poet, La Landonne is its iron fisted statesman a steep, iron rich schist slope that produces the appellation's sternest, longest lived Syrahs. Rostaing's bottling is a textbook expression: dark fruited, mineral, structured, and only properly approachable after a long sleep. Pierre Rostaing handles it with the same restraint he brings to all the cru wines, leaning on neutral oak and old vine concentration rather