1994 Rene Rostaing Côte-Rôtie La Landonne

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 91.9 points

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  2/9/2023 - forceberry wrote: 92 Points

  Deep, dark and still surprisingly youthful black ruby color with a thin, moderately transparent rim. The nose feels attractive and quite fine-tuned with dark-toned, slightly sweetish aromas of licorice and wizened blackberries, some tobacco, a little bit of ripe plummy fruit, light sweeter notes of juicy strawberries, hints of violets and dried flowers and a faint touch of minty greenness. The wine feels dry, savory and moderately evolved on the palate with a medium body and nuanced flavors of licorice root and gamey meat, some ferrous notes of blood, a little bit of crunchy cranberry, light leathery tones, a hint of tobacco and a sweeter touch of dried dark fruits. The wine still retains quite a bit of structure with its high acidity and moderately grippy medium-plus tannins. The finish is long, juicy and rather grippy with an evolved, savory aftertaste of wizened dark berries and tobacco, some salty liquorice tones, a little bit of gamey meat, light nuances of olive, a hint of earth and a touch of tart cranberry.
  
  A delicious, fine-tuned Côte-Rôtie at its peak. The wine retains still great sense of freshness and structure despite its age, even if the fruit department is starting to get tertiary, as befits a wine almost 30 years old. Compared to 1994 Rostaing Côte Blonde, this was in a much better shape. Delightful stuff.

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  6/3/2020 - portman63 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Color appears mature with a ruby center and browning on the edges, but has a lovely floral nose with bright raspberry and strawberry and bramble on the palate. Soft tannins and good acidity to stand up to acharcuterie and cheese plate, this is a really nice style that I enjoy. I think it is mature, but at 26 it won't be falling off too soon.

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  8/22/2015 - Sundbyberg wrote: 93 Points

  Quite sweet, with fresh fruit, medium bodied and a bit elegant. No sign of age or dryness. Needs a decant, 30 minutes, maybe more. A very good syrah, but this is just not my grape.

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  4/18/2013 - AMRS wrote: 90 Points

  Tasted blind and thought it was a Burgundy to begin with. Light garnet in color. Mint and cherry nose, with sweet candy. Medium bodied minus, very elegant and takes time in the glass to develop very nicely. This is not a huge wine but so right. drink now-2016, 90.

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  11/20/2010 - wihong wrote: 93 Points

  Color: Clear reddish brown, brick brown rim. Aroma: Intense smooth mint and eucalyptus,. dusty, gamy. Taste: @Entry: Black cherry, raspberry. @Mid-Palate: Smooth cherry, strawberry, soft tannins, strawberry jam. @Finish: Vanilla, gum, sarsaparilla. Full-bodied cherry fruit bomb, smooth, silky tannins. Powerful and elegant wine.

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