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Côte Rôtie La Mordorée, Maison M. Chapoutier 2017

Tasting Notes

Deep purple-colored, the 2017 Côte Rôtie La Mordorée (a mix from the La Côte Brune and the Côte Blonde lieux-dits) is another incredibly concentrated, yet elegant and ethereal wine from Chapoutier. Rock star levels of kirsch, black raspberries, spring flowers, smoked game, tapenade, and graphite give way to a full-bodied, rounded, straight-up sensationally textured Côte Rôtie. It has the opulence to drink well now yet will keep for two decades or more. 249 cases.

98
Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com (65), August 2019

Always a blend of Côte Brune and Côte Blonde, the 2017 Cote Rotie la Mordorée is a stunning example of this cuvée. Pencil shavings frame raspberry and blueberries on the nose, while the palate is full-bodied and concentrated, richly tannic but fully ripe, with licorice notes coming to the fore on the long, velvety finish. Super stuff. 2025 - 2040

96/98
Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate (239), October 2018

Cask sample. 13 hl/ha.
Glossy and smooth but fairly simple in aromatic terms. Some meaty notes on the finish. Medicinal blackcurrant aromas. Very fine tannin. Elegant and nicely typical, but a little underwhelming in complexity.

17
Richard Hemming MW, JancisRobinson.com, May 2018
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