2016 Cote Rotie Cote Brune

Opaque ruby. Spice-accented red and blue fruits, potpourri, olive, incense and smoky minerals on the highly perfumed nose. Juicy, penetrating and alluringly sweet, offering densely packed black raspberry, blueberry, spicecake and violet pastille flavors that are lifted and sharpened by a spine of juicy acidity. Youthfully chewy tannins add grip to the impressively long, mineral-laced finish, which strongly echoes the floral note.