Bernard Burgaud, Cote Rotie Vintage:2009

Bernard Burgaud, Cote Rotie Vintage:2009Agreeably fresh and spicy, with an aerial touch to the aromatics and a hint of cumin. Young at heart still, there are raspberry notes, a sappy fruitiness to the acidity and the tannins are very fine. Its neat and precise and drinking well now, theres no major hurry to drink up, but I'm not sure whether this will ever take on any great complexity.

supple fruit with blackberry and blackcurrants backed by spice

Fine French oak sits in the perfect place

it did not show particularly well today

A wonderfully expressive and broad-ranging nose offers up notes of plums

with very integrated oak after 14 months in barrel and two months in oak vats

plum and plenty of spice

The more robust

There is the nostalgic recognition that this would be one of the last vintages made

giving way to ripe blackberries with a subtle citrus twang

tense and elegant expression of Alión

energetic finish that features well-knit tannins and a resonating mineral note

currant and freshly turned earth