Wonderfully pure, silky and long, the 2016 Cote Rotie Vialliere features cherries and raspberries borne on an almost weightless flow. It should be an uncommonly elegant wine, even for C?te R?tie.

The 2015 Cote Rotie Vialliere combines haunting aromas and flavors of intense, super ripe cassis and plum with firm tannins and a dry, astringent finish. In the end, the fruit should prevail, but give this medium to full-bodied wine awhile in the cellar to round into form.

Floral and lifted, with beautiful raspberries, spring flowers, potpourri and incense characteristics, the 2014 C?te R?tie Viallière is medium-bodied, fresh and lively, with juicy acidity. It's another beautiful, elegant, seamless effort from this estate.

Another wine with some upside is the 2013 C?te R?tie Viallière. This lieu-dit is located just underneath Les Grandes Places, lower down on the slope. It too has stunning purity and freshness in its notes of black currants, violets, coffee bean and wood smoke. Medium-bodied, fresh, lively and polished, it shows that slightly more mid-weight style of the vintage, yet is impeccably balanced and has a great finish. Like the Les Grandes Places, it’s 100% Syrah that spent two years in 15% new French oak prior to bottling. Drink it anytime over the coming 10-15 years.