Côte Rôtie, Côte Brune, 2020

A Côte Rôtie of epic scale, all the more impressive for the fact the vines are only 20 years old. Incredible - replete with spicy, broad-ranging powerful and earthy dark berry fruit with a dark chocolate bitter twist. Pepper, sweet spice and ferrous blood orange notes only add further to its complexity. This comes from a parcel once owned by Marius Gentaz that René replanted in 1999. Perfectly situated between La Turque and the Brune from Jamet. It is not produced every year but according to the quality and suitability of the season. You don’t have the limestone you get in Cote Blonde, here, but a redder clay and schist soil giving broader-scale wines. Fermented with 100% whole bunches and aged in large demi-muid casks, a maximum of 10% of which are new.