Vignobles Levet Cote Rotie Les Journaries, Rhone, France 2020 1.5L Vernaccia di San Gimignano picking up almond

picking up almond

Final blending is done a few weeks before bottling

and red rose petals

picking up mirabelle plum and papaya accents through the finish

peach and baked apple flavours

Vignobles Levet Cote Rotie Les Journaries, Rhone, France 2020 1.5L Vernaccia di San Gimignano picking up almondSaturated magenta. A wild, highly expressive bouquet evokes an array of black and blue fruits, pungent flowers, smoked meat, licorice and exotic spices, with a bright mineral overtone. Offers palate coating, deeply concentrated cassis, cherry liqueur, smoky bacon, fruitcake and licorice flavors that turn livelier as the wine stretches out. The mineral and spice notes build steadily through a strikingly long finish that's framed by strong but velvety