Gaillard, Cote Rotie Size:6x750ml A wine of pure and

A wine of pure and total pleasure

there is a highly attractive texture to the solidly concentrated and intense flavors that are at once robust yet sleek

23 ha parcel of 45+ year old vines)

This moderately robust effort is classic Grèves

silky style as well as pedal-to-the-metal aromas and flavors of crème de cassis

Gaillard, Cote Rotie Size:6x750ml A wine of pure andBought en primeur from The Wine Society. Discreet nose, somewhat coy in a closed phase? There's faint black pepper and restrained black cherry. The palate is a bit meatier, with very soft tannins and moderate but refreshing acidity. Length is okay, although it isn't as expressive as the appellation should be, arguably. A church mouse style, and less memorable than when I tasted it en primeur. A few days later, however, the rest of the bottle was