Rostaing Côte-Rôtie Côte Blonde 2021 1.5L

95 points Matt Walls (Decanter): "Relatively pale this year. It shows a floral expression of violets, and in the mouth it’s light-bodied, fresh and with good acidity. The tannins are much friendlier than La Landonne, it's quite a light and gentle Côte Blonde this year, but the balance is good even if the concentration is fairly light. This will drink well young. It saw four weeks in tank, 18 months in oak, using limited new oak, natural yeasts, and as many stems as possible. The only single-vineyard bottlings in 2021 will be La Landonne and Côte Blonde - and that's if they are not eventually blended into Ampodium. Drinking Window: 2025-2035. (9/30/22)"

94+ points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "Pierre Rostaing’s 2021 Côte Blonde is much more black fruity in personality than the Ampodium bottling, but equally precise and cool-fruited at 12.5 percent octane. The bouquet is deep, complex and vibrant, wafting from the glass in a mix of dark berries, sweet stem tones, pepper, gamebird, a complex base of soil tones, black olive, just a wisp of cedary oak and a smoky upper register. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and intensely flavored, with a good core of fruit, beautiful soil signature and grip, fine-grained tannins and a long, complex and impeccably balanced finish. This is the type of young wine that puts on weight with bottle age. It will be a superb bottle in the fullness of time, but will demand an extended period of hibernation before it starts to drink with generosity. 2037-2085. (Sep/Oct 2023)"

93 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2021 Côte Rôtie Côte Blonde is more round and supple, but possibly not as complex as the La Landonne. Beautiful ripe red berry fruits, flowers, and spicy notes all define the aromatics, and it's medium-bodied, with a charming, layered mouthfeel, velvety tannins, and a great finish. I love its mid-palate depth, and this beauty is a clear success in this challenging vintage. Drink bottles over the coming 10-15 years or thereabouts. It's a beautiful wine. Drink: 2024-2039. (3/28/24)"

93 points Nicolas Greinacher (Vinous): "Like in 2022, the 2021 Côte-Rôtie Côte Blonde fermented with 100% whole-clusters. Raspberry, cranberry, black cherry, cedar, crushed violets and stemmy undertones are all nicely delineated. Medium-bodied and concentrated, my rating might seem a little conservative, but the 2021 does not possess the same substance or length as other recent vintages. Nonetheless, it offers plenty of freshness and won’t need as much time to come around. Drink: 2027-2035. (Oct 2023)"