Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie Blonde Vintage:2012 This 2008 is a little

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

scorched earth

The Lazzarito is still the Barolo that spends the longest number of months in French oak following the malolactic fermentation

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

For fans of Bollinger

Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie Blonde Vintage:2012 This 2008 is a littleThe 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.