On 28 June 2019, France recorded its highest ever temperature: 45.9 ̊ C (114.6°F) in Gallargues-le-Montueux, just outside the Costières de Nîmes appellation. Further north in Côte-Rôtie the mercury didn’t reach quite so high, but it was still a season marked by extreme heat.
I was worried that the 2019 Côte-Rôties might resemble the jammy 2003s, a vintage I tend to avoid. Thankfully the vines coped much better this time around, and produced some exciting, exuberant wines – but not all. Some tipped over into excessive ripeness and high alcohol, something that has become even more apparent since bottling. So was 2019 a great year? Not exactly; but it was a year with some great wines.
Scroll down to see tasting notes and scores for the 25 top-scoring 2019 Côte-Rôtie in bottle
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{"wineId":"71736","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"43763","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"71738","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"43912","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"71737","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"71741","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"43928","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"71740","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"71739","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"51866","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"71748","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"71746","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"71744","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"71747","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"71745","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"71742","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"43762","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"71743","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"71752","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"43907","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"71751","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"71753","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"71749","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"71750","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
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