TN: 2016 Georges Lelektsoglou / Compagnie de l'Hermitage Côte-Rôtie Vieilles Vignes La Brocarde

I visited Compagnie de l’Ermitage in 2019 while in the Northern Rhône, looking for a bottle of Marc Sorrel ‘Le Greal’ after we visited the cellar there. Georges didn’t have it available, but he offered a taste of his La Brocarde Côte-Rôtie, and I was sold. A deep, brooding wine newly bottled, this has settled in nicely with just a couple of years of cellaring. A very good, early-drinking 2016.

  • 2016 Georges Lelektsoglou / Compagnie de l’Hermitage Côte-Rôtie Vieilles Vignes La Brocarde - France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie (9/4/2021)
    Full decant. Deep, bright olive-purple color with ruby edges. Stout, stately aromas of blackberry & black raspberry fruit, iron, mushroom, fresh violet, and paprika & nutmeg spices. Rich and exotic fruit expression on the palate, dark and vivid, with integrated layers of secondary notes like melted stone, fresh rosemary, exotic spices and blood. Round core density, airy and weightless, with vibrant offsetting acidity and fine fleshy tannin, finishing moderately long. In a really nice place at the moment. __

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