The 2005 Cote Rotie Champin Le Seigneur possesses the vintage’s rather tannic, strongly structured, more austere side, even for this wine, which is meant to be Gerin’s most charming and up-front Cote Rotie. The wine is well-made, pure, with plenty of black cherry and herb-infused fruit, but in the finish, the tannins kick in. Give it several years of bottle age and drink it over the following decade. Importers: New Castle Imports, Myrtle Beach, SC; tel. (843) 497-8625, and David Shiverick, Los Angeles, CA; tel. (213) 483-5900

The 2005 Cote Rotie Champin Le Seigneur possesses the vintage’s rather tannic, strongly structured, more austere side, even for this wine, which is meant to be Gerin’s most charming and up-front Cote Rotie. The wine is well-made, pure, with plenty of black cherry and herb-infused fruit, but in the finish, the tannins kick in. Give it several years of bottle age and drink it over the following decade. Importers: New Castle Imports, Myrtle Beach, SC; tel. (843) 497-8625, and David Shiverick, Los Angeles, CA; tel. (213) 483-5900