ripe and very ripe berries leave a mouth filling impression

The bouquet here is nuanced and delicate with an evident mineral signature that is followed by ever-increasingbut extremely elegant throughoutberry fruit and blue flower aromas

(two-thirds of the vines were planted in 1912 and the remainder in 1973)

licorice and oak spice notes with a little air

orchard fruit

Michel & Stephane Ogier, Cote Rotie Vintage:2011 ripe and very ripe berries98. 5% Syrah, 1. 5% Viognier, co fermented. Aged for 20 months in 55% new oak. Theres a slightly oxidative note to the fruit here. Attractive minty aromatic quality. Thick, fibrous mouthfeel. Not sure I would age this for a very long time. (RH)