santiago wrote:
> DaleW > wrote in
> :
>> 2013 Clos de La Roilette Fleurie
>> Really drinking well without the tightness of the tardive, sweet black
>> cherry fruit accented with spice, herb, and mocha. Good length, very
>> tasty. B++
>
> Do you think it can improve with some further aging? or do I pop one cork
> in one of mines?
>
> According to CellarTracker, I have some bottles of Roilette:
>
> 2013 Coudert Fleurie Clos de la Roilette Gamay
> 2012 Coudert Fleurie Clos de la Roilette Cuvée Tardive Gamay
> 2013 Coudert Fleurie Clos de la Roilette Griffe du Marquis Gamay
>

I'm not Dale, but...
I'd say that the Roilette normale can usually age 5-10 years in a decent
year and the Tardive positively requires aging to show well. I know
people who are drinking Tardives from the mid-to-late '90s with pleasure
right now. I don't have enough experience with te Griffe du Marquis to
make an intelligent guess about it, but I'd hazard that anything from
Alain Coudert will be able to go some years from bottling without any
problem.

Mark Lipton