Roche Bellene, Corton Rouge Vintage:2013 spice and minerality scents are

spice and minerality scents are easy to find

this intensely yellow-golden shining cuvée is very deep and complex on the rich

intense and voluminous flavors that possess fine length and balance

allying maturing flavors with broad structural shoulders and racy acids and concluding with a long

let me at least note that Soter’s employment of old heirloom selections he brought with him from California (and that long informed special bottlings under his Etude label) has without question been instrumental in the delicious distinctiveness of his Mineral Ridge bottlings

Roche Bellene, Corton Rouge Vintage:2013 spice and minerality scents areA brooding and taciturn nose speaks of very ripe black berry, plum and warm earth scents that are trimmed in a subtle spice nuances. There is excellent volume and concentration to the big bodied, intense and overtly muscular flavors that possess a velvety mid palate that contrasts with the markedly austere, backward and very much built to age finish. This is borderline old school as the rusticity isnt subtle yet its not so pronounced as to make this