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farmed and harvested for over twenty-five years -- from the warmer valley floor out to the coolest western reaches where fog and coastal ridges keep things tense

from which Jérôme crafts various cuvées

whole-cluster Gamay fermented naturally and aged in ancient foudres

Nearly a decade in bottle

Rene Rostaing Cote-Rotie Cote Blonde 2023 [NET] SF Chronicle there are pastry-like notes ofThe most ethereal wine in the Rostaing portfolioand the hardest to find. Only about 350 cases are produced from the oldest vines (70+ years) on the pale granite and gneiss of Cte Blonde. Where Cte Brune is dark, dense, and iron rich, Cte Blonde is silky, floral, and luminouslighter siliceous soils produce a wine of extraordinary elegance. Ren Rostaing inherited prized parcels from Marius Gentaz and Albert Dervieux; his son Pierre now manages the