Garon, Cote Rotie Rochins

Garon, Cote Rotie RochinsOpaque violet. A highly perfumed bouquet displays powerful aromas of red blue fruit liqueur, potpourri, smoky minerals and cola. Offers palate staining black raspberry, boysenberry, fruitcake and floral pastille flavors that are accentuated by a strong suggestion of exotic spices. Gains weight and sweetness with air and finishes with a resonating mineral note, steadily building tannins and strong tenacity. (25% whole clusters and a third new oak) Josh

Prominent levels of oak and menthol stop short of overshadowing the fresh aromas of both red and dark berries that are laced with an abundance of earth wisps

long and agreeably refreshing finish

The 2010 Barolo Vigna Cerretta is a wine of enormous intensity and textural richness

its satiny attack segueing into a deep

160 cases were made

(vinified with 70% whole clusters)

The impressively rich and full-bodied flavors possess excellent muscularity while delivering plenty of minerality on the well-balanced and beautifully complex finale

Just a bit dry on the finish for the long haul

This refreshing effort is really quite good for a villages level Chassagne and worth checking out

Very expressive and rather gorgeous

Sample it starting almost anywhere

Best after 2000