Fonsalette, Cotes du Rhone Rouge other_regions_australia (from 80+ year old vines)

(from 80+ year old vines)

Lovely and understated

It unfolds in the glass

The 2004 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna Paganelli has also developed impeccably

Fonsalette, Cotes du Rhone Rouge other_regions_australia (from 80+ year old vines)This was the red wine we chose from the wine list in Fontjoncouse to follow the Leroy 2000 Bourgogne Blanc which, if anything, was even less evolved than this rich red, the most famous wine of its appellation. The 2001 vintage was of course very successful in the southern Rhne and this was luscious and spicy but the tannins were completely resolved and the fruity impact was in retreat. Nothing heavy or grating. At 187, it was certainly not given away