2019 Jean-Michel Stephan Cote-Rotie Coteaux de Tupin

Inky ruby. Powerful, mineral-accented aromas of ripe black and blue fruits, candied violet, olive paste and exotic spices. Densely packed and lively on the palate, offering bitter cherry, boysenberry, allspice and smoky bacon flavors that show excellent definition and unfold slowly with air. The blue fruit and floral notes drive the impressively long, juicy finish, which is given framework by chewy, slowly building tannins. All Serine vines.