Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie, Cuvee Classique 2001 CJF Selections Gains flesh and weight with

Gains flesh and weight with air while maintaining urgency and finishes sappy

But Fichet has carried Lafon’s revolution to another level—studying every square inch of earth and stone in his domaine to make Meursault’s purest set of single-climat wines

The wine has an opaque purple color as well as a fabulously sweet nose of blackberry and cassis liqueur interspersed with licorice

Slightly youthful somehow with sweet fruit

well-integrated tannins

Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie, Cuvee Classique 2001 CJF Selections Gains flesh and weight with1. 0cm or better 93 Points CellarTracker Blind. Mid ruby to full smokey garnet. Nose quite subtle initially, though suggests N Rhne. Very smooth and mellow, tannins fully resolved, mid red fruit, a good line with lovely bright but balanced acidity. Mid 2000s? Initially the nose relatively mute and so wonder about St Joseph rather than Cote Rotie, but then the aromatics open up to a lovely violet top note. Densely silky, very smooth and moreish. Just