Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie Blonde Vintage:2012 textured finish leaves you with

textured finish leaves you with spicy

smooth and dense

The vineyards are certified organic and biodynamic and are manicured like few vineyards in Spain

This 2008 is a little difficult to work out at the moment

I have long adored the 2004s from the Côtes des Blancs

Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie Blonde Vintage:2012 textured finish leaves you withThe most tannic of the "big three" bottlings this year, the 2018 Cote Rotie la Cote Blonde features elegant hints of mixed herbs entwined around bold boysenberry fruit. It's medium to full bodied, with plentiful fine grained tannins that firm up on the long finish. Embryonic, but oh so promising, it should blossom in another five years or so.