Bott First Flight Syrah Collines Rhodaniennes 2023 (750ml) *

Cool-climate Syrah is the calling card of the northern Rhône, and this IGP Collines Rhodaniennes bottling from Bott works in that idiom, drawing on fruit grown in the hilly country that fans out around the region's steeper appellations. The 2023 vintage is Syrah in its more approachable register, a wine built to show the grape's peppery, dark-fruited personality without the weight or price of the crus, and the "First Flight" name signals an easygoing introduction rather than a cellar project.