Now last Saturday night I had been considering getting hold of a nice Chateauneuf-du-Pape just to match the spicy, peppery, incorrect style of Bolognese sauce I routinely serve. I did have a Chapoutier La Bernardine in mind but then realised the merchant I would have got it from closed at 4 on Saturdays. And it was already 5, so I went local and got this one instead....
Anyway, we gave it 4 hours of air (which it needed) and, whilst on opening it was a little disjointed, closed and perhaps oak-dominated (in a subtle way though) with the air we gave it the wine was stunning, so well balanced, lovely concentration in exactly the right way. As you would expect from a good Cote Rotie the aromatics were quite sublime, even though somewhat less 'in yer face' with this particular bottle than for some other Cote Rotie producers...
I'm sure we're drinking it too young, but with airtime it does drink beautifully, even at this age, so I have so no complaints...
To sum up..... this is a 'Crying Game' style of wine, a lovely, soft feminine wine, but with great big bollocks.
It ain't cheap, the wrong side of £40, but for this quality I'm OK with that.... anyway... 9+/10.
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