Michel & Stephane Ogier, Cote Rotie Lancement Vintage:2015 mint and sweet spices are

mint and sweet spices are some of the many notes that flow from this effortless

Linear and very tight with a clarity and energy

This isn’t quite as complex as the Grèves though that may well change with time as the track record of this wine developing well is firmly established

with little destemming and the wines spending up to two years in older barrels and foudre

no doubt from a substantial portion of new French oak

Michel & Stephane Ogier, Cote Rotie Lancement Vintage:2015 mint and sweet spices areFar too young, but the character of these 2009 wines makes it hard to stop from pulling cork, even knowing how much better this is going to get with more age. Showing a good depth of color, the dark red berries, smoke, earth, leaf and green olive, along with plum and thyme aromatics just grab you. But it's the silky, lush, fat, juicy, fresh, dark red fruits that spend time on your palate that keep you there. The liqueur finish, with its bright