Gangloff, Cote Rotie Sereine other_regions_italy This is sufficiently accessible that

This is sufficiently accessible that it should be approachable young but allow for longer-term aging too if desired

light floral touch

Here too the medium weight flavors possess good richness and power along with an appealing sense of tension that suffuses the more persistent if more rustic finale

plenty of black fruit laced with tar and black pepper

this is the finest Leroy Renardes since the unbelievable 1999

Gangloff, Cote Rotie Sereine other_regions_italy This is sufficiently accessible thatBrilliant purple. An exotically perfumed bouquet evokes black and blue fruit preserves, spicecake, potpourri and incense. Densely packed and impressively energetic on the palate, offering intense blueberry, cassis, cherry liqueur and floral pastille flavors that open up steadily on the back half. The floral and spice notes carry emphatically through the impressively long, youthfully tannic finish, which leaves a smoky mineral flourish behind. Josh