E. Guigal 2003 Cote-Rotie Brune et Blonde (Cote Rotie, northern Rhone, France)
This entry was posted on 11/27/2008 11:58 AM and is filed under French Rhone River Valley, Syrah-Shiraz.
I was already to make this wine the wine of the month for November 2008 since Wine Exchange in Orange County was selling it for $29.99 (it normally sells for $60 and up). Right before I posted the review, they advertised their price in an e-mail campaign and it sold out in a few days. The wine is still a fine wine at full price, but hard to find locally, and at full price, it did not merit wine of the month.
This is a syrah based wine from the northern Rhone villiage of Cote Rotie. It boasts a leathery, earthy, woody nose, with spicy black fruit and espresso on the palate and a long finish. Drink now or cellar for a decade.
4 stars.
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