Monday, November 23, 2009

Review: Guigal Cote-Rotie 2002



We had the pleasure of tasting this wine with friends over a great meal of venison stew with roasted kumara and a piece of bread. 

The wine was decanted for at least half an hour and then poured alongside dinner. It displayed ripe blackberries and hint of spice and some good aromatics on the nose. The palate was not to everyones liking but suited me. There was some very good weight to it and full of black fruit with dark berries and some earthy characters. The finish was balanced, firm, and nice and dry. The wine, fortunately, displayed no residual sugar but good minerality.

RRP $139.99.

90/100 points

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