Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie, Cuvee Classique 2006 Zinfandel and exotic spice

and exotic spice

This is quite long and overall

and it partly fermented with less skins

surrounded by chaparral and sagebrush

Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie, Cuvee Classique 2006 Zinfandel and exotic spice93 CellarTracker Northern Rhone with bottle age (The Laundry, Brixton): Another great bottle in great shape, almost but not quite as exuberant as the 2005 Ogier, and to my mind definitely more vivacious than the same wine from 2005. The nose is again more alive than than the palate, so you do take a step back on that front, but this is another Cote Rotie that at close to two decades old is simply singing. This is on the red fruit spectrum with aged