Rene Rostaing Cote-Rotie Cote Blonde 2023 (1.5L) [NET] SF Chronicle A small-production Saint-Émilion from the

A small-production Saint-Émilion from the appellation's gravel-and-sand sector near St-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens

the sweet spot where drainage and sun line up

and baking spice

It is full-bodied and deep but

and the mineral-driven structure that defines top-tier Morgon

Rene Rostaing Cote-Rotie Cote Blonde 2023 (1.5L) [NET] SF Chronicle A small-production Saint-Émilion from theThe Cote Blonde is the more lyrical of Cote Rotie's two great hills granitic and sand dappled, named (per legend) for the blonde daughter the Lord of Maugiron bequeathed it to. Rostaing's bottling has long been one of the appellation's most graceful, all perfume and silk where La Landonne is iron and grip. Pierre Rostaing, who now runs the estate his father Rene built, farms these old vines with a feather touch and ages the wine in mostly neutral oak