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Domaine Rostaing, Cote Rotie, Cote Blonde 2022
Domaine René Rostaing
100Jeb Dunnuck
95Matt Walls
94Nicolas Greinacher
$1,074.00
In-bond price · duties & taxes calculated at checkout
Bonded provenance
Climate-controlled storage & transit
Complimentary express shipping
Drinking window
2032 · opens
2040–2050 · peak
2062
now
+36 yrs
Not ready · best from 2040 · will keep to 2062.
Tasting notes
Jeb Dunnuck · Jeb Dunnuck · 100
The 2022 Côte Rôtie Côte Blonde is a stunning, flawless effort offering a complex array of red, blue, and black fruits intermixed with graphite, crushed stone, and wildflowers. Full-bodied, silky, and multidimensional on the palate, it has incredible depth, perfectly ripe tannins, and remarkable purity of fruit. This profound, age-worthy wine deserves 7-10 years of bottle age and will have 30+ years of prime drinking. The floral, perfumed, exotic, and incredibly seductive character here is reminiscent of Guigal's Côte Rôtie La Mouline. Don't miss this wine. Drink 2032-2062.
Matt Walls · Decanter · 95
Gently fragrant jasmine and rose, very Côte Blonde in terms of aromatics. Soft, velvety mouthfeel with flavours of blackberry, cassis and more rose. Slightly higher alcohol and lower acidity than a typical year, not as tense and upright as some recent vintages, making for a luxurious, rich style of Côte-Rôtie. Four weeks in tank, 18 months in oak, limited new oak, natural yeasts and as many stems as possible.
Drink 2026 - 2038
Nicolas Greinacher · Vinous · 94
The 2022 Côte-Rôtie Côte Blonde reveals intense aromas of cedar, blackberry, black cherry, graphite and a slice of orange rind. Full-bodied and structured by firm tannins with a hint of vanilla, the 2022 provides marked wood tannins that slightly detract from its elegance. Built like a brick wall, the Côte Blonde will require the most time to come around among Rostaing's 2022s. Fermented with 100% whole clusters, it promises great complexity with patience.
Catalog details
Appellation
RegionRhone
Vintage2022
ColorRed
Top Score100 · Jeb Dunnuck
Format750 ml
SourceMerchant
StorageBonded warehouse