Rene Rostaing Cote-Rotie Cote Blonde 2023 [NET] SF Chronicle - Past Pick From one of the twelve

From one of the twelve founding members of the Brunello di Montalcino Consorzio (1967)

This Bandol inspired wine shows the elegant side of Mourvedre

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a sleek and almost silky frame

Rene Rostaing Cote-Rotie Cote Blonde 2023 [NET] SF Chronicle - Past Pick From one of the twelveThe 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