Rene Rostaing Cote-Rotie Ampodium 1.5L Barbera d'Alba with notes of citrus

with notes of citrus

only slightly less concentrated and more forward

Salcito noticed a distinct void in the market for a high quality

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but it is the wine's mind-blowing intensity and pedigree that are once again so alluring

Rene Rostaing Cote-Rotie Ampodium 1.5L Barbera d'Alba with notes of citrusRen Rostaing has made a lifes work of defending the idea that Cte Rtie should taste like Cte Rtie, not like Hermitage, and certainly not like new world Syrah. A grower since 1971, his first vineyard purchases were a microscopic half acre each in Cte Blonde and in La Landonne on the Cte Brune. The real breakthrough came when his father in law, Albert Dervieux Thaize, retired in 1990, followed by his uncle Marius Gentaz three years later. Between these