Rene Rostaing Cote-Rotie Cote Blonde 2023 (1.5L) [NET] SO20231109 A pure and generous example

A pure and generous example of Blanc de Blanc Champagne

La Rue des Noyers—named for hazelnut trees that once bordered the parcel—is 100% Pinot Meunier from this 1

just the place coming through

with chocolate fudge

Rene Rostaing Cote-Rotie Cote Blonde 2023 (1.5L) [NET] SO20231109 A pure and generous exampleThe 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