Domaine Clusel-Roch Les Grandes Places Cote Rotie, Rhone, France 2020 Domaine des Malandes sour and balanced

sour and balanced

A late echo of anise completes the seduction

pale raspberry-pink color

It is very pretty now

Domaine Clusel-Roch Les Grandes Places Cote Rotie, Rhone, France 2020 Domaine des Malandes sour and balancedDark, bright hued purple. Heady black and blue fruit, violet, incense and smoky mineral aromas are complemented by hints of licorice and exotic spices. Appealingly sweet and expansive on the palate, offering concentrated but almost shockingly lively black raspberry, blueberry, floral pastille, smoky bacon and fruitcake flavors that show sharp delineation and mineral and spice driven lift. Steadily building tannins give shape to the mineral tinged