Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie, Cuvee Classique 2006 Zinfandel horizontal tannins that melt into

horizontal tannins that melt into the wine

This is quite long and overall

Drink in 2023 and onwards

surrounded by chaparral and sagebrush

instead of including a small percentage of Viognier

Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie, Cuvee Classique 2006 Zinfandel horizontal tannins that melt into93 CellarTracker Northern Rhone with bottle age (The Laundry, Brixton): Another great bottle in great shape, almost but not quite as exuberant as the 2005 Ogier, and to my mind definitely more vivacious than the same wine from 2005. The nose is again more alive than than the palate, so you do take a step back on that front, but this is another Cote Rotie that at close to two decades old is simply singing. This is on the red fruit spectrum with aged