2012 Cote Rotie Les Grandes Places
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In a good spot right now – crushed fruits, sweet spice, earthiness. Packed full of pepperiness on the palate with fine tannins, precision and detail here. Still integrating and has a long finish. The tannins are surprisingly prominent however! (AC)
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Jancis Robinson MW
Alistair Cooper MW, jancisrobinson.com
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Still a bit young, but it was hard not to enjoy the bright, crisp red fruits, cracked pepper, earth and kiss of smoke. Polished and classy, this elegant, medium/full bodied, kirsch packed wine needs a few more years in the cellar before it really pops.
Opaque ruby. Blackberry, candied plum, cassis, licorice, bitter chocolate and potpourri on the complex, intensely perfumed nose. Dense, concentrated and seamless on the palate, offering primary black and blue fruit and floral pastille flavors and a smoky mineral accent that adds back-end vivacity. Finishes with broad, supple tannins, an echo of licorice and outstanding mineral-driven persistence.
Youthful purple. A complex bouquet offers fresh blackberry, cherry pit, violet and spicecake complemented by smoky minerality. Intense black and blue fruit flavors are accented by suggestions of allspice and licorice and given cut and lift by juicy acidity. Fine-grained tannins provide shape to the very long, sappy, spice-dominated finish, which shows excellent focus.