Rene Rostaing Cote-Rotie La Landonne 2023 (1.5L) [NET] SO20231114 and savory depth

and savory depth

Structured and full-bodied Cabernet Sauvignon from the Beaver Creek Vineyards in Lake County

Livor Mortis spent one year in neutral oak before finishing on watermelon and peppermint for five months

A wine built for longevity

Madonna del Piano is Valdicava's flagship Riserva

Rene Rostaing Cote-Rotie La Landonne 2023 (1.5L) [NET] SO20231114 and savory depthIf the Cote Blonde is Cote Rotie's lyric poet, La Landonne is its iron fisted statesman a steep, iron rich schist slope that produces the appellation's sternest, longest lived Syrahs. Rostaing's bottling is a textbook expression: dark fruited, mineral, structured, and only properly approachable after a long sleep. Pierre Rostaing handles it with the same restraint he brings to all the cru wines, leaning on neutral oak and old vine concentration rather