2019 Cote Rotie
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Saturated magenta. Vibrant, mineral-accented dark berry and cherry-cola aromas are complicated by suggestions of licorice, smoked meat and exotic spices. Densely packed and sharply focused on the palate, offering juicy blackberry, kirsch, smoky bacon and violet pastille flavors that become firmer and spicier with aeration. Marries richness and finesse with a sure hand and finishes impressively long and precise, with solid floral thrust and polished, slowly building tannins. 100% whole clusters and a third new oak.
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Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
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The 2019 Côte Rôtie, which is all whole cluster Syrah, offers a more full-bodied, rich, powerful style while still holding on to plenty of elegance. Blackberries, crushed stone, ground pepper, and violets define the bouquet, and I love its balance, it brings lots of fruit yet stays pure and fresh, and it has a great finish. This is a ripe, powerful vintage for Côte Rôtie, and this handles it nicely.
Big florals and raspberries mark the nose of Saint Cosme's 2019 Cote Rotie. Hints of stems show through, and this wine clearly would benefit from a few years in the cellar, but it is far from being unapproachable. Normally a blend of several lieux-dits, it sees about 30% new oak in its élevage, but the wood is scarcely noticeable. Medium to full-bodied, creamy and supple on the palate, with a long, fruit-infused finish, this should age gracefully for a decade or more.