2012 Marie et Pierre Bénetière Côte-Rôtie Cordeloux

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Juge on Tuesday, a Benetiere on Thursday seemed apropos. Wife made a teriyaki salmon bowl, this sounded like the right pairing.

I’ve been disappointed with some recent Benetieres, 2017 and 2015 in particular. Enough so that I have not bought any more recent ones. This 2012 is decidedly old school and on point.

Quite the herbal, ashy nose. Seared meats, hints of pyrazine. Is this a Chinon, lol!? The palate is racy, crisp and lively acids, red fruits and citrus notes, sweet and sour tangy candy. This is not a ripe wine by any stretch, one might even say it’s under-ripe. Has an elegant rusticity about it, like cut from the cloth of a farmhand. I like it very much, I just can’t say where if anywhere this wine is going. I think it is at where it is intended to be. It is arrived.

Drink.

(93 pts.)

PS. That’s 93 for people like me with a clunky palate.

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As I grow older, I’m developing a preference for wines that have some green notes. It makes the wines feel more complete, in my opinion.

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#truth

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For my palate this was the last really good Cordeloux, but still not as good as the 2011. 2013 had that stemmy quality that I like, but maybe it is still too young to really consider if it is worth the current market price. I moved on - there is a lot of bottle variation and better producers (i.e. Levet, Ogier) to allocate your wine spending dollars, IMHO.

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2011 Cordeloux was an insanely delicious bottle of wine.

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