Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie Blonde Vintage:2003 the 2009 Coutet leaps from

the 2009 Coutet leaps from the glass with warm apple pie

thick and unctuous effort that's overflowing with notes of browned butter

the 2016 is flat-out stunning

A wine of tremendous breeding and pure stature

concentrated

Rene Rostaing, Cote Rotie Blonde Vintage:2003 the 2009 Coutet leaps fromThe most tannic of the "big three" bottlings this year, the 2018 Cote Rotie la Cote Blonde features elegant hints of mixed herbs entwined around bold boysenberry fruit. It's medium to full bodied, with plentiful fine grained tannins that firm up on the long finish. Embryonic, but oh so promising, it should blossom in another five years or so.