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'02 Roussanne

'02 Roussanne Wine Details
Price: $35.00 per bottle

Description: An exceptional wine! Our new vintage shows a herbal, honey and oak nose layered with a flinty quality. Wonderful complexity and balance. Greater concentration giving the best yet evolution on the palate. Medium to full bodied with finish on citrus/mineral notes. Delightful with goat cheese salad. Experiment with halibut, trout or skate, cooked in olive oil, butter and a hint of sage or other fresh herbs.. This wine can be enjoyed immediately for its haunting grapey aromas or aged for 8-10 years, at which age it will reemerge in its glorious liquid honey-like maturity.

Varietal Definition
Roussanne:
Also known as Bergeron in the french Savoie region. Semi-classic grape grown in the Hermitage-Rhone and southern Cotes du Rhone region of France. Still occasionally incorporated into white wine blends, (e.g: with the Marsanne grape wine), because of its acidity and aroma but finding less and less favor.


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