Joel and Romain Champet La Vialliere Cote Rotie Rhone 2006

Why is it that the last bottle from a collective buy of a wine is always the best bottle? And what a wild ride of bottle variation this particular wine has delivered along the way! Hard and tannic, then reductive, then fruit forward and bold, then disjointed. And now? Now, this wine is all about the dark fruits of plum, blackberry and cassis with mineral elements of iodine. Secondary flavors of black pepper, smoked meats and roasted tomatoes. A finish of pepper and mocha; quite a nice wine ....or is it just this bottle. Proving once again that there are no poor vintages, just poor bottles. 12.5% alc. With ravioli pasta in roasted tomato sauce. 12.15.17. Recommended.
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