Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie Blonde Vintage:2017 and it's one of the

and it's one of the more intense wines I tasted within this selection

liquorice and dark chocolate

The exuberant 2007 Hermitage Blanc reveals notes of petroleum

This is one wine where I have encountered better bottles

the gentlest hints of honey

Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie Blonde Vintage:2017 and it's one of theThe most tannic of the "big three" bottlings this year, the 2018 Cote Rotie la Cote Blonde features elegant hints of mixed herbs entwined around bold boysenberry fruit. It's medium to full bodied, with plentiful fine grained tannins that firm up on the long finish. Embryonic, but oh so promising, it should blossom in another five years or so.