There is excellent richness to the concentrated and beautifully textured broad-shouldered flavors that possess focused power and a subtle minerality that really comes up on the youthfully austere and strikingly long finish

24% Chardonnay grown in a single West Sussex vineyard

18 ha in Mazoyères)

soaring from the glass with a bouquet of dried flowers

Readers will have to be patient with the 2016

Patrick & Christophe Bonnefond, Cote Rotie Roziers other_regions_italy There is excellent richness toNice black pepper and leather notes alongside the fresh black plum character. A well structured and rather elegant Cote Rotie that is still rather young, the impressive tannins at the generous finish needing a bit of time to mellow. Drinkable now, but best from 2024.