Rene Rostaing Cote-Rotie Cote Blonde 2023 [NET] SF Chronicle adding extra layers of menthol

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Rene Rostaing Cote-Rotie Cote Blonde 2023 [NET] SF Chronicle adding extra layers of mentholThe most ethereal wine in the Rostaing portfolioand the hardest to find. Only about 350 cases are produced from the oldest vines (70+ years) on the pale granite and gneiss of Cte Blonde. Where Cte Brune is dark, dense, and iron rich, Cte Blonde is silky, floral, and luminouslighter siliceous soils produce a wine of extraordinary elegance. Ren Rostaing inherited prized parcels from Marius Gentaz and Albert Dervieux; his son Pierre now manages the