Rene Rostaing Cote-Rotie Cote Blonde 2023 (1.5L) [NET] CRV sitting around 6

sitting around 6

Richebourg represents the bold

distilled in small volumes and bottled on its own rather than blended into sameness

Christelle Betton's "Elixir" cuvée proves that Marsanne

Rene Rostaing Cote-Rotie Cote Blonde 2023 (1.5L) [NET] CRV sitting around 6The Cote Blonde is the more lyrical of Cote Rotie's two great hills granitic and sand dappled, named (per legend) for the blonde daughter the Lord of Maugiron bequeathed it to. Rostaing's bottling has long been one of the appellation's most graceful, all perfume and silk where La Landonne is iron and grip. Pierre Rostaing, who now runs the estate his father Rene built, farms these old vines with a feather touch and ages the wine in mostly neutral oak