René Rostaing

Côte Rôtie, Côte Blonde, 2016

Name: Côte Rôtie, Côte Blonde
Brand: René Rostaing
Price: 1478.46 GBP

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2016
12x75cl
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£1,478.46
2016
12x75cl
DP
£1,598.46

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Tightly-coiled and austere initially but this is evidently a class act indeed. More obviously tannic than the La Landonne less flesh but so precisely chiselled. Crisp, crystalline fruit such bright and lively flavours of cassis, bramble, loganberry, some red cherry and black pepper with a distinct cooling minerally element, rounded off by a gentle but sweetly-scented violet touch. A great Cote Rotie and a true vin de garde. A plot of 45yo vines planted on whiter soils more limestone soils than the La Landonne giving a more strict style of wine but with finer-cut tannins and shape. Fermented with whole bunches and aged in large demi-muid casks, a maximum of 10% of which are new.

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Provenance in fine wine

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

Further Reassurance

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.

Critic Reviews

96/100

Josh Raynolds,

Vinous

Bright purple. Expansive blackberry, licorice, smoky bacon and potpourri aromas are complemented by a strong mineral overlay. Seamless and broad on the palate, offering concentrated black and blue fruit liqueur, salty olive and floral pastille flavors and an emphatic jolt of exotic spices. Finishes with repeating mineral, floral and dark fruit character, supple, well-knit tannins and outstanding tenacity.

drinking window 2025 - 2035

date of review 09/2019

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.