Rene Rostaing Cote-Rotie Cote Blonde 2023 [NET] Author DK made by Jérôme Fornerot from

made by Jérôme Fornerot from parcels on the appellation's steep western hillside

This Baga was hand-harvested and fermented the old-fashioned way—four weeks in open lagares with foot-treading

low starch content allows for clean

Their winemaking philosophy emphasizes indigenous fermentations

with the only use of organic fertilizers

Rene Rostaing Cote-Rotie Cote Blonde 2023 [NET] Author DK made by Jérôme Fornerot fromThe most ethereal wine in the Rostaing portfolioand the hardest to find. Only about 350 cases are produced from the oldest vines (70+ years) on the pale granite and gneiss of Cte Blonde. Where Cte Brune is dark, dense, and iron rich, Cte Blonde is silky, floral, and luminouslighter siliceous soils produce a wine of extraordinary elegance. Ren Rostaing inherited prized parcels from Marius Gentaz and Albert Dervieux; his son Pierre now manages the