Saint Cosme Cote Rotie 2008 Wine

100% Serine (ancient Syrah) planted on schist terroir. Aged 15 months in new oak barrels and bottled without filtration. Cote Rotie is often a good subject: its inimitable personality makes people talk! This terroir is most extraordinary one in northern Rhone, I'm convinced about this. We keep going with our work on Ampuis terroirs and 2008 brought this great freshness we always look for. wine is balanced and has entire aromatic spectrum going from empyreumatic smells ending up in ancient roses. I know exactly when to open a bottle of Cote-Rotie: it has to be shared with right person at right time. It's always a time of joy which gives some meaning to life. This bottle of 2008 is very classical, it's not heavy, it's straightforward, it gets precision, it's open, aromatic and tender. way 2004 tastes at moment makes me think that some vintages deserve to get a fundamental right: be judged only after a couple of years, when they get their proper expression. Bacon, cold ash, graphite, coal