Paul Jaboulet Aine, Cote Rotie Jumelles Size:12x750ml The 2015 Cote Rotie Chateau

The 2015 Cote Rotie Chateau d'Ampuis is remarkably dense and concentrated

31 ha holding)

This feels like an entire magnum of wine was somehow

with incredible density

Paul Jaboulet Aine, Cote Rotie Jumelles Size:12x750ml The 2015 Cote Rotie ChateauFull red ruby. Bright, floral aromas of raspberry, black plum, black cherry and leather. Supple but a bit sullen in the mouth, with unforthcoming flavors of black cherry and shoe polish. Seems a bit less thoroughly ripe than the '97 Hermitage Pied de la Cote. Rather awkward today. A sample of the same wine from a very early bottling (June of '98!) showed a comparatively explosive nose of truffle, smoke and black olive; a more elegant palate