Ideal as an accompaniment to Italian rice and pasta dishes
But no need to mess with perfection
Requiring detailed research
opening into a multitude of flavours traceable to a rich and concentrated wine
Jean-Michel Stephan Côte-Rôtie "Coteaux de Bassenon" 2018 6x 2018 (Case only) skus_30148460 Ideal as an accompaniment toThe grapes are harvested by hand at low yields. Vinification: after carbonic maceration, with no added sulphur, the wine is matured 24 months in old oak barrels from the Tronais forest. Neither fined nor filtered, and no added sulphites. A powerful, complex nose of cherry pits and blackcurrant, with floral, smoky, and rosemary notes. On the palate: complexity, charm, purity, smoothness, minerality, and phenomenal length.