2005 Côte Rôtie Côte Blonde René Rostaing - 12x75cl
10A5CRCBR _ 2005 - Côte Rôtie Côte Blonde René Rostaing - 12x75cl
  • Colour Red
  • Producer René Rostaing
  • Region Côte Rôtie
  • Drinking 2008 - 2023
  • Case size 12x75cl
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2005 - Côte Rôtie Côte Blonde René Rostaing - 12x75cl

  • Colour Red
  • Producer René Rostaing
  • Region Côte Rôtie
  • Drinking 2008 - 2023
  • Case size 12x75cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £1,828.87 Duty Paid inc VAT
Equivalent Bottle Price: £152.40 Duty Paid inc VAT

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Case price: £1,828.87 Duty Paid inc VAT
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  • Robert Parker, February 2008, Score: 96

    The 2005 Cote Rotie Cote Blonde is pure sex, with about 3% Viognier in the blend. The wine has a dark ruby color to the rim and an extraordinary nose of exotic tropical fruits intermixed with kirsch, blackberry, licorice, and pepper. The wine is incredibly seductive aromatically, but then in the mouth, the full-bodied power and tannins of the vintage come through. It reminds me stylistically of a 1983, but better balanced. This is a beauty that will probably need several years of bottle age, and should drink well for another 15 or more yearsDrink: 2008-2023

  • Robert Parker, April 2007, Score: 91-93

    The 2005s are intense, rich, structured, tannic, and backward. Like so many Northern Rhones, they possess considerable structure and tannin which gives the sense that the wines are going to age for a long time. Yet in the eternal struggle in a wine's evolution between the fruit and the tannin,the tannins win out 90% or more of the time.The rich, young, and surprisingly tannic 2005 Cote Rotie Cote Blonde shows sweet black cherry notes, high tannins, and a more exotic style that tends to characterize this wine, but it is much more structured and meatier than usual, without the charm most vintages offer

Producer

René Rostaing

René Rostaing retired after the 2014 vintage, leaving the estate in the capable hands of his son Pierre. René had spent 40 years building a reputation as the patriarch of the Northern Rhône, and Pierre’s handling of the 2015s and 2016s showed a seamless handover has taken place. For the 2017 vintage the house recipe remains unchanged: old vines from the region’s greatest sites, a high proportion of whole bunch vinification,...Read more

René Rostaing retired after the 2014 vintage, leaving the estate in the capable hands of his son Pierre. René had spent 40 years building a reputation as the patriarch of the Northern Rhône, and Pierre’s handling of the 2015s and 2016s showed a seamless handover has taken place. For the 2017 vintage the house recipe remains unchanged: old vines from the region’s greatest sites, a high proportion of whole bunch vinification, long macerations, and restrained use of new French oak. Pierre has continued his father’s inimitable style in Condrieu, fermenting the wine in stainless steel. The estate is known for its unique use of Rototanks for its red fermentation – closed horizontal tanks with internal plunging mechanisms. René started using these in 1985 and believes they give much gentler pigeage than what can be achieved by hand. The closed tanks also help protect the wines from oxidation. This enables long maceration times, and the resulting wines are typically deep in colour, full of flavour, and abundant in tannins.Read less

Region

Côte Rôtie

Only a red wine appellation, Côte Rôtie is the most northern of all Rhône appellations and is produced mostly from Syrah, although Viognier may contribute up to 20% of the blend. Its terroir is divided into two categories. Côte Brune's soil is comprised of iron-entrenched granite giving thesoil a rich red-brown colour. As a result, it creates wine of notable power and concentration that usually needs time in the cellar to soften and develop. Heading south down the slope towards Condrieu, one encounters Côte Blonde, an area comprised of decomposed schist and mica that is lighter in colour and tends to produce elegantly styled wine for earlier consumption (most of the area's Viognier is grown here). Many traditional producers of Côte Rôtie feel that their best wines are a blend of the two.

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