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Subregion | France > Rhône > Northern Rhône > Côte Rotie |
Colour | Red |
Type | Still |
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The 2014 Côte Rôtie La Turque offers more obvious structure than the La Mouline, boasting a deep purple color and classic notes of crème de cassis, caramelized blackberries, spice, and toasty oak. It’s full-bodied, straight and focused on the palate, with building tannin, yet is certainly more approachable and sexy than the 2013. It’s a beautiful wine.
Still in barrel, the 2014 Cote Rotie La Turque shows classy floral aromas and red raspberries upfront, then delivers herbal notes, layers of red fruit and lithe, wiry structure on the medium to full-bodied palate. It manages to be silky in texture yet firm at the same time, concentrated yet seemingly weightless, and long on the finish. Drink 2025-2040.
The most approachable of the recent vintages, albeit it has a long way to go before being bottled, the 2014 Cote Rotie la Turque (incorporates 7% Viognier) has a supple, sexy style to go with classic La Turque black cherry and black raspberry fruits, dried violets, licorice and smoked meats. Full-bodied, upfront and with sweet tannin, it’s reminiscent of a lighter weight 2011, yet I expect it to put on weight over the coming 2-3 years.