fibrous finish

Rene Rostaing is one of the most masterful growers and bottlers of Cote Rotie

The very punchy and much more mineral-inflected medium weight flavors possess first-rate delineation as well as fine length on the balanced and saline finish

earth and stone-suffused aromas

the palate grows in austerity

Suerte Marques, Valle Orotava Ciruelo other_regions fibrous finishThe 2018 El Ciruelo could very well be the finest vintage of this single vineyard bottling, from a plot on very poor soils that has very balanced vines that usually give the more complex and deeper wine from the winery. It's a north facing plot at 480 to 520 meters in altitude pruned in the cordn trenzado system unique to La Orotava. It fermented with 100% full clusters, no temperature control, indigenous yeasts and a 27 day maceration time. It