The light-styled 2000 Cote Rotie exhibits peppery, herbes de Provence, and olive scents mixed with roasted meat and black currant fruit. This ripe, fleshy, and soft, this medium-weight offering is best consumed during its first ten years of life.
A Patrick Lesec Selection, various American importers, including Associate Wine Distributors of Napa, Atlantic Importing Co., Newton, MA; tel. (617) 965-2933, Fine Vines LLC, Maywood, IL; tel. (708) 343-5901, Stacole Imports, Boca Raton, FL; tel. (561) 998-0029, and New Castle Imports, Myrtle Beach, SC; tel. (843) 497-8625