"Saturated ruby. Highly perfumed dark berry, violet, smoky mineral, black cardamom and olive scents show excellent clarity and a touch of smokiness. Sweet, palate-staining blackberry and floral pastille flavors deepen slowly and take on a deeper licorice note on the back half. Rich but lively as well, finishing with firm back-end cut, fine-grained tannins and suave, impressively persistent floral and exotic spice notes." -Josh Raynolds
Robert Parker
RP95
"Wonderfully pure, silky and long, the 2016 Cote Rotie Vialliere features cherries and raspberries borne on an almost weightless flow. It should be an uncommonly elegant wine, even for Côte Rôtie." -Joe Czerwinski
