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2016 Côte Rôtie “La Boisselée”

Barruol / Lynch
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Traditionally, blending is the rule, rather than the exception, in Côte Rôtie. Despite the proliferation of single-vineyard prestige cuvées, stalwarts like Jean-Paul Jamet and Louis Barruol continue to produce classic Côte Rôtie composed of multiple vineyards that, when blended, showcase the whole of the appellation. This elegant 2016 bottling is made from six different parcels expertly vinified by Louis Barruol—a fourteenth-generation vigneron, by the way—and blended by Kermit in Louis’s ancient cellars. At the risk of sounding inelegant, the 2016, with its concentrated fruit and smoky black olive note, is straight-up delicious.

Dustin Soiseth


Technical Information
Wine Type: red
Vintage: 2016
Bottle Size: 750mL
Blend: Syrah
Appellation: Côte Rôtie
Country: France
Region: Northern Rhône
Producer: Barruol Lynch - Northern Rhône
Winemaker: Louis Barruol
Vineyard: 30 - 50 years
Soil: Schist
Farming: Lutte Raisonnée
Alcohol: 13.5%

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Inspiring Thirst

I want you to realize once and for all: Even the winemaker does not know what aging is going to do to a new vintage; Robert Parker does not know; I do not know. We all make educated (hopefully) guesses about what the future will bring, but guesses they are. And one of the pleasures of a wine cellar is the opportunity it provides for you to witness the evolution of your various selections. Living wines have ups and downs just as people do, periods of glory and dog days, too. If wine did not remind me of real life, I would not care about it so much.

Inspiring Thirst, page 171