Côte Rôtie, Belle Helene
    Michel & Stephane Ogier

    Côte Rôtie, Belle Helene, 2007

    94/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    Broking
    1. 2007

      6x75cl

      DP

      £914.74

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    Named after Michel Ogier’s wife, the Belle Helene comes from old vines in the Cote Rosiers. The wine is aged in new oak barrels for 24 months and is only released as a separate bottling in the best vintages. Intense, big and brooding big more closed but deep, notesof ripe brambles, bilberries and mulberries with savoury and earth undertones of mineral, indergrowth, sap, pepper and coal dust with a linger hint of bramble liquer on the finish. This is complex, hugely intense and rich but beautifully composed and far from unwieldy, though it will reward several years ageing in bottle.

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    Critic Reviews

    94/100
    Josh Raynolds,
    Vinous
    Inky ruby. Deep, pungent aromas of blackberry, blueberry, olive, tobacco and dried violet. This is yin to the Lancement's yang-or Bonnes-Mares to Lancement's Musigny, as Ogier would have it. Rich, fleshy and deep in dark fruit flavor, with late-arriving notes of smoked meat and licorice. More powerful and intense than the Lancement but I have a preference for that wine's elegance and precision right now. I'd love to compare these two wines a decade down the road.
    date of review 01/2010

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Rhone
    Appellation:
    Côte Rôtie
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Syrah
    abv:
    13%

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