Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie, Cuvee Classique 2006 Zinfandel with lively acidity

with lively acidity

There's precision and cleanliness

with a complex bouquet of pear

exhibiting huge but not too-dominant wood aromas and flavors

menthol and espresso notes

Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie, Cuvee Classique 2006 Zinfandel with lively acidity93 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