M. Chapoutier Cote-Rotie La Mordoree 1999 200-299 melted asphalt

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The 2004 vintage in Tuscany was a warm and sunny year

It has a stronger flavor than pancetta but its texture is more refined

The estate-bottled 1995 Syrah Balmoral exhibits nearly excessive oak

and the first of a remarkable trilogy for La Fleur de Gay

M. Chapoutier Cote-Rotie La Mordoree 1999 200-299 melted asphaltChapoutier's La Mordoree cuvee is produced from 75 80 year old Syrah vines planted in both the Cote Blonde and Cote Brune, aged in 100% new oak casks, and bottled with neither fining nor filtration. The 1999 Cote Rotie La Mordoree is the finest he has produced since the 1991 (two bottles drunk over the last six months confirm this fabulous wine's potential as it is just now beginning to emerge from a cloak of tannin). The 1999 has closed down since