2000 Cotes du Rhone Villages Rasteau

Proprietor Jerome Bressy has fashioned a sensational, dense, saturated ruby/purple-colored 2000 Rasteau. A stunning bouquet of smoke, chocolate, vanilla, blackberries, and cherries is followed by a full-bodied, dense wine with a huge mouth-feel, sweet tannin, tremendous texture as well as concentration, and a long, heady, opulent finish. It is surprisingly civilized for a Bressy wine, but that probably has a lot to do with the softness of the vintage. Drink it over the next decade. Importer: Dionysus Imports, Lorton, VA; tel. (703) 550-2250