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92 VM / 92 JD / 89-92 WA Saturated magenta. Displays expressive red and dark berry, smoked meat, olive and floral qualities on the spice-accented nose. Sappy and penetrating on the palate, offering gently sweet cherry-cola,...
97 DE / 96 WE / 96 WA / 95 JD / 95 WS / 93 VM / 18 JR Comfortably still in its mature window, with old leather, blackberry jam and some whiffs of hung game. Enjoyably chewy tannins still, this is still powerful, with good...
96 DE / 93-95 VM / 94 WA / 94 JS / 94 JD / 94 WS / 17.5 JR A deep, quite herbal expression, with liquorice and crushed blueberries to the cassis fruit. Full-bodied, powerfully fruited, dense and deep. Really mouthcoating,...
97 JD / 96 RP / 96 VM Made from 80% very old vine Grenache, 10% Mourvèdre, and 10% Syrah, with the Grenache aged for 15-20 months in old foudre and small barrels, and the Syrah and Mourvèdre aged in...
98 JD / 98 DE / 97+ WA / 97 WS / 96 VM / 95 JS / 18.5 JR #6 Jeb Dunnuck Top 100 2021 Wine Advocate Reviewers- Favorites 2022: A Wine for the Cellar Tasted out of bottle, the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape...
98 JD / 98 DE / 97+ WA / 97 WS / 96 VM / 95 JS / 18.5 JR#6 Jeb Dunnuck Top 100 2021Wine Advocate Reviewers’ Favorites 2022: A Wine for the Cellar Tasted out of bottle, the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape...
99 DE / 97 WS / 96+ WA / 96 JD / 96 VM / 95 JS / 17.5 JR Fresh and a bit closed, but starting to transform now with some subtle sous bois notes. Such an elegant, fine and juicy wine, with real depth and pinpoint acidity...
96 WS / 96 WA / 95 DE / 95 JD / 94 JS / 94 VM Elegant, stunning and approachable, with seductive aromatics of smoked incense and red tea, plus floral high notes, followed by a well of cassis, licorice and red currant...
98 JD / 97 WA / 96+ VM / 96 DE / 96 JS / 17.5 JR#42 Vinous Top 100 2024#92 James Suckling Top 100 France 2024 The 2022 Châteauneuf Du Pape is showing beautifully, with the sun-kissed style of the vintage yet...
95 WA / 95 JS / 94 VM / 94 JD Crafted from six permitted varieties in equal proportions, co-fermented and cold-settled for one night, the 2023 Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc from Clos des Papes exhales a delicate, complex...
100 JD / 98 WA / 96 WS / 96 VM / 17+ JR More cured meats, spice, loamy soil notes, and an incredible core of kirsch and currant fruits emerge from the 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Deus Ex Machina. Deep, incredibly...
99 FS / 97 JD / 97 WS / 96+ WA#28 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2022 Deep crimson in colour with purple reflections and a broad and bright ochre rim. On the nose, aromas of black berry fruit, hints of liquorice and dark nougat,...
96 JD / 96 WCI / 95 WS / 93 WA / 93-95 VM The 2015 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Combe des Fous shows the seamless, silky side to the vintage, and has closed down slightly since I tasted it from barrel. Its big, intense nose of...
98 JD / 96 VM / 96 WCI / 95 WA / 95 WS Deep ruby-colored and offering a heavenly bouquet of black raspberries, toasted spiced, cured meats, licorice, and cured meats, the 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Combes des Fous is...
98 JD / 97 WS / 96 WA / 96 VM Lastly, the 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Sanctus Sanctorum is always all Grenache from a single parcel of very old vines in the La Crau lieu-dit. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a touch...
93 JD / 92 WA / 91 VM / 16 JR Moving to the reds and 85% Grenache and the rest Syrah and Mourvèdre, the base 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a beauty and boasts appealing notes of spiced red and black fruits,...
98 + JD / 98 WA / 96 WS Always the biggest, baddest effort in the lineup, the 2012 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Deus Ex Machina is the normal split of 60% old vine Grenache and 40% Mourvèdre brought up in demi-muids...
97+ JD / 97-98 VM / 95-97 WA / 97 JS / 96 DE / 17.5+ JR The 2020 Hermitage Les Bessards is a behemoth, with palate-saturating levels of fruit and texture while it still stays pure, focused, and mineral-laced, with a...
97+ JD / 97-98 VM / 95-97 WA / 97 JS / 96 DE / 17.5+ JR The 2020 Hermitage Les Bessards is a behemoth, with palate-saturating levels of fruit and texture while it still stays pure, focused, and mineral-laced, with a classic...
96 JS / 95 JD / 94 VM / 92+ WA / 16.5+ JR Captivating nose of subtle red berries, licorice, mint and many spices. Extremely concentrated and powerful, but also very straight and refined, this Chateauneuf masterpiece is just...
96 JS / 95 JD / 94 VM / 16+ JR This youthful 2020 Chateauneuf is enormously spicy, the red fruits character coming through more prominently on the generous and precisely contoured palate. Deep fine tannins are married to a...
94-96 JD / 95 JS / 93-95 WA The 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Cuvée Mourre Des Perdrix comes from slightly more sandy soils around the estate and is 69% Grenache, 15% each Syrah and Mourvedre, and a splash of...
98 FS / 97+ JD / 95-98 WA / 97 WCI / 97 DE / 95 WS / 17+ JR Strong ruby colour, purple reflections, broad brightening on the rim. Delicate hints of candied violets, black wild berries, some lavender, a touch of dried...
98 DE / 96-98 WA / 95 JD / 95 WS / 17 JR#79 Wine Spectator Top 100 2024 Full, lush and powerful, with a wall of intense tannin – this is an enormously powerful wine that will take many years to approach a state of...
99 JD / 97 WE / 96 WA / 95 WS / 95 JS #19 Jeb Dunnuck Top 50 Reds of 2018 Bottled end of February/early in March, the 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Chaupin is incredible stuff, and while I suspect...
95 WA / 95 WS / 94 JS / 94 JD / 93 VM / 17 JR As usual, the 2018 Chateauneuf du Pape Chaupin displays more red fruit than the main bottling, being 100% Grenache from sandier soils. Raspberries and cherries appear on the...
98+ JD / 98 WE / 95 DE #2 Jeb Dunnuck Top 100 2021#10 Wine Enthusiast Top 100 2021 I was able to taste the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Cuvée Chaupin on two occasions, rating it one point higher on one of those as...
99 JD / 98 DE / 96 WCI / 96 FS / 95 VM / 16.5 JR I was blown away by the 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Chaupin, a 100% Grenache release that comes almost exclusively from the Chaupin lieu-dit in the northern part of the...
96 DE / 94 JS / 94 JD / 94 VM / 93 WS / 16.5+ JR Relatively black-fruited for a pure Grenache, it's generous in fruit but not excessive, the alcohol is high of course (it's pure Grenache), but it feels integrated. Long,...
98 DE / 96 JS / 96 JD / 95 VM / 93-95 WA / 17.5+ JR#65 James Suckling Top 100 France 2024 Rich black cherry and strawberry fruit, with impressive density and palate weight. The balance is good, with fur-coat...
100 RP / 99 JD / 98 DE / 98 WCI / 96 VM The 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes, which achieved 16% natural alcohol, possesses an inky/purple color. It is slightly tighter and more restrained than the 2010 Chaupin, but...
98+ WA / 98 WE / 97+ JD / 97 DE / 95 WS / 17.5+ JR Black cherries, blackberries and garrigue all appear on the nose of the dense, concentrated 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes. Yes, the wine boasts some formidable...
95 VM / 95 WS / 95 WE / 94 JD Deep shimmering crimson. Expansive, mineral- and spice-accented red berry liqueur, cherry cola and incense scents show outstanding definition and spicy lift. Palate-staining Chambord,...
97 JD / 96 WS / 95+ WA / 94 JS Another thrilling wine, the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Cuvée Cornelia Constanza has overflowing amounts of black raspberry and framboise-like fruits as well as flowers, spicy...
97 DE / 96 JS / 94 JD / 94 WS The Lançon family’s history at Domaine de la Solitude dates back to the 15th century, with 17th-century links to Tuscany and even Popes (Barberini was the family name of Pope Urban...
91 VM / 90 WS Deep violet. Lively aromas of fresh blackberry, cherry and candied flowers, along with cracked pepper and olive flourishes. At once rich and energetic, offering juicy, mineral-laced black and blue fruit...
97 JS / 97 FS / 93-95 WA / 94 JD Enveloping, warm and spicy nose with an extremely wide spectrum of aromas, ranging from dried rose to graphite via thyme and smoked bacon. Very powerful, concentrated and earthy, yet...
97 WA / 95 VM Made in years when Cuvée da Capo is not produced Long-time followers of this exemplary estate know that in years when there is no Cuvée da Capo, Pegau releases a Cuvée Laurence,...
98 JS / 98 JD / 97 CT#23 James Suckling Top 100 France 2024#28 Jeb Dunnuck Top 100 2024 Made in years when Cuvée da Capo is not produced Very muscular, meaty and gamey, with wonderful spicy complexity...
93 RP / 93 WA The first vintage for the cuvee, the stacked 2009 Cotes du Ventoux Il Etait Une Fois (80% Grenache, 15% Mourvedre, and 5% Syrah, aged all in new oak) is a full-bodied, sexy, opulent and mouth-filling southern...
Varietals: 100% ViognierAppellation: Condrieu AOPLocation: La Roncharde, Corbery,Côte de Bellay, VerlieuSoil: GraniticExposure: South / EastArea: 1.7 haVineyard Age: 20 yearsFarming Method:...
95 JD / 94 JS / 94 VM / 94 WE / 94 DE / 92 WA / 92 WS / 17.5 JR Coming all from sedimentary soils on the eastern side of the hill and brought up in 20% new barrels, the 2016 Ermitage Les Dionnières is a gem in...
94 RP The amazing 1995 Chateau Fonsalette Cuvee Syrah should be cellared for 10-15 years. The wine is ferociously tannic, but, wow, what extraordinary intensity of flavor it possesses. With its viscous texture, and peppery,...
100 JD / 97 WA / 95 WE / 95 DE #65 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2019 The 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes is up with the crème de la crème of the vintage and in the same...
97 DE / 96 VM / 95+ WI / 95 JS / 94-96 JD / 18.5+ JR A real burst of fresh apricot and peach, lemon verbena and green tea. This has the salt and power of Château-Grillet, the confit lemon peel on the finish, the...
99 WA / 97 WS / 95 WCI “The 2010 Cote Rotie Chateau d’Ampuis is an off-the-hook effort that easily competes with the more expensive single-vineyard releases. Seamless, gorgeously pure and seriously concentrated...
97 JD / 96 JS / 94-96 WA / 95 WS / 95 VM Leading off the Côte Rôties, the 2019 Côte Rôtie Chateau D'Ampuis is always a brilliant wine, and in recent years, it's come close to rivaling the single...
98+ JD / 97 WS / 97 WCI / 96 JS / 96 VM / 96 DE / 93-95 WA / 18.5 JR The 2019 Ermitage Ex Voto is another massive 2019 from this team that readers will absolutely love to have in the cellar. Possessing an extravagant nose...
95+ JD / 95 VM / 94 JS / 94 WS / 16.5 JR The 2022 Condrieu La Doriane is slightly more reserved and reticent compared to past vintages, offering a terrific perfume of orange blossom, honeyed flowers, and subtle spicy,...
100 WA / 100 WCI / 99 WS A desert island wine (as is just about any top vintage of the cuvee) and a gorgeous showing, the 2003 Cote Rotie la Mouline is drinking beautifully, yet is still young, loaded with fruit, and...
100 WA / 100 WCI / 98 WS / 19 JR The 2009 Cote Rotie La Mouline possesses off-the-charts richness. Like all the vintages, it comes from the Cote Blonde and is co-fermented with 11% Viognier. Its 13.5% alcohol is one of the...
98-100 WA / 99 JD / 98 VM / 18+ JR The 2018 Cote Rotie La Mouline is immensely seductive, offering up enticing notes of floral potpourri and red berries on the nose. Those strawberries and raspberries persist onto the...
100 JD / 99 WA / 99 WS / 98 JS / 18+ JR / 97 VM A perfect wine in every way, the 2015 Côte Rôtie La Turque comes from an incredible terroir on the Côte Brune and includes 7% Viognier. Stylistically,...
98 WA / 98 DE / 97 VM / 96 JD / 96 WS / 18+ JR Loaded with exotic perfumes of spring flowers and ripe berries, the 2016 Cote Rotie La Turque looks more like the wine I first tasted back in 2017. Medium to full-bodied, it's...
17.5 JR So savoury and yet so full of dark fruit. Deep, firmly tannic but such refined texture. A little more approachable – with food – than the 2019s but still a long way to go. Charry, meaty savour, black...
96 DE / 93 WS / 17 JR Intense violets on the nose, this is hypnotically aromatic. Very full-bodied and generous, with delicious peach fruit. Has a sense of sweet ripeness on the palate that's balanced by acidity and salty...
95 VM / 93-95 WA Dark violet color. Potent, smoke-tinged red and dark berry, olive and licorice qualities on the sharply focused nose. Penetrating, spice-laced cherry-cola, blackberry and exotic spice flavors steadily...
96-98 VM / 96 JD / 95 WA / 95 WCI / 94 DE (fermented in concrete vats and then aged in concrete and neutral oak barrels) Lurid ruby. A heady, expressive bouquet evokes fresh raspberry, cherry compote, potpourri,...
97 WA / 97 JD / 97 VM / 97 WS / 97 WE / 96 DE Marcoux's 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes is full-bodied, dense and tannic. Hints of crushed stone and dried garrigue appear on the nose, alongside blackberries and...
97-99 WA / 98 DE / 97 VM / 97 JD / 95 WS / 16 JR Still in foudre working through the last few grams of sugar when I tasted it in July 2022, the 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes showcases bold black-cherry fruit that...
99 WCI / 96+ JD / 95 WE Insanely rich, with a depth of flavor that does not quit, the wine coats every nook and cranny of your palate. Even with teeth staining levels of fruit, the wine is velvety, polished, fresh, vibrant,...
96 WE / 94 WA / 93+ JD / 92 VM / 16 JR While demure on first whiff, this bold, concentrated wine seems to amplify in richness and extract on the palate. Ripe black cherry, fig and mulberry are lavish and spicy, streaked by...
In the 19th century, it was a common practice of the time to “hermitage” the wines. Bordeaux chateaux would add to their wines a certain quantity of wine from the Rhone - notably from the region of Hermitage...
94 JD / 93 WA / 93 VM / 92-93 JS / 91 WS The 2016 Crozes Hermitage Domaine De Thalabert offers a rocking (and classic) bouquet of ripe black fruits intermixed with notions new saddle leather, pepper, garrigue, and...
94 JD / 94 FS / 92 VM / 92 WA / 92 JS / 91 WCI This terroir always delivers a wild, opulent, gamey style of wine, and the 2017 Crozes-Hermitage Domaine de Thalabert doesn’t disappoint. Loads of chocolaty black fruits,...
99 JD / 98 WA / 98 JS / 95 VM Reminding me of the 2009 La Chapelle (which is a personal favorite), the brilliant 2017 Hermitage La Chapelle knocks it out of the park with its massive, opulent personality. Notes of smoked...
98+ JD / 98+ WA / 96 JS / 96 VM #2 Jeb Dunnuck’s Top 100 Wines of 2020 As I wrote last year from barrel, the 2018 Hermitage La Chapelle is a backward, primordial Hermitage built for the ages. Incredible...
98+ WA / 97 VM / 97 JD / 95 JS Last year, I giddily speculated whether the 2019 Hermitage La Chapelle would warrant a 100-point score. While close...I wouldn't completely discount it reaching that pinnacle in another decade...
98+ WA / 97 VM / 97 JD / 95 JS Last year, I giddily speculated whether the 2019 Hermitage La Chapelle would warrant a 100-point score. While close...I wouldn't completely discount it reaching that pinnacle in another...
95 WA / 93 JA / 93 JD Composed of 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Grenache, and 7% Counoise, the 2018 Odyssée has a deep garnet color, bursting from the glass with a whole array of exotic spices notes—cumin seed,...
98 JD / 97 WS / 96+ RP / 96 WCI / 95+ VM The limited production 2010 Réserve des Deux Frères is a thing of beauty! Possessing more Syrah than normal (30%) and aged in a combination of tank (20%), 1-year-old...
96-98 JD / 97 FS / 96 JS / 96 WCI / 95 VM Coming all from very old vine Grenache and brought up in tank, the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Cuvée Imperiale offers a smoking bouquet of vivid black raspberry and cassis...
96 JS / 95+ WA / 95 DE / 93+ JD / 16 JR So deep and dark, yet with such vitality and energy, this is a great Chateauneuf that’s remarkably drinkable right now. I love the exotic touch (pomegranate and mangosteen)...
97 WA / 95 JS / 93-95 JD / 16+ JR The stunning 2021 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Imperiale comes from old vines in two sandy parcels—one in Pied Long and one in la Crau. Exotic aromas of orange zest, Campari-like spice...
98 WA / 95 JS / 92-95 JD / 16+ JR A blend of 70% Mourvèdre, 20% Grenache and 10% Syrah, the 2021 Chateauneuf du Pape la Part des Anges is the first vintage of this cuvée to be vinified in demi-muids. The cedar...
92 JD / 92 WS / 16.5 JR Always beautiful, and a wine you don’t hear enough about, Rostaing’s 2020 Condrieu La Bonnette has vibrant notes of ripe peach, flowers, honeyed minerality, and even a kiss of green...
17.5 JR Mealy, apricot-kernel nose. Lovely, salty note on the attack with lovely freshness and vivacity. Excellent concentration and structure with a lovely density as well. Very appealing. - Alistair Cooper MW,...
94 JD / 93 VM / 16.5 JR This estate makes a fabulous Condrieu, and their 2022 Condrieu Le B is a beauty, offering ripe peach and pineapple fruits, some honeyed spice, mineral, and floral notes, medium to full body, a round,...
91 VM / 91 WS / 17 JR The 2021 Côte-Rôtie Ampodium used 90% whole-clusters during fermentation. This winemaking technique becomes visible in the aromatic profile through a marked stemminess, complemented by...
95 DE / 93 VM / 93 JD / 92 WS / 17.5 JR 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...
94 DE / 93 JD / 17.5 JR Graphite, iron and pencil lead come before the blackberry fruit here – a very mineral aromatic expression, almost austere. Medium-bodied but with good presence on the palate and some sweetness...
92 VM / 92 DE Dark violet. Displays spice- and smokeaccented dark berries and licorice on the nose, along with a floral top note. Plush and open-knit, offering sappy blackberry, cherry and allspice flavors that slowly firm...
90 JD Moving to the 2020s, this is an incredible vintage for Rostaing. The 2020 Vin De Pays Des Collines Rhodaniennes Les Lezardes comes from the same three parcels every year, and the 2020 has a great nose of juicy...
"A medium-bodied, textured, baby Condrieu that sells for a song." - Jeb Dunnuck VINEYARD Various parcels of Viognier from the northern edge of Condrieu. Practicing organic. ORIENTATION South/southeast...
97 WA / 96 JD / 95 DE / 17+ JR One of the top vintages for this cuvée, the 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape Prestige features intense aromas of black cherries and purple raspberries, without the dark chocolate nuances that...
99 JD / 99 WCI / 97 WS / 96+ WA / 95 VM / 95 DE Unquestionably the deepest, richest wine in the lineup, the 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Le Secret des Sabon offers sensational notes of blackberries, cassis, crushed rocks,...
92 VM / 91 WA The delicious 2022 Côtes-du-Rhône Blanc Le Poste shines with fragrant blossom, lemon flesh, yellow apple and a nutty white almond complexity. Mediumbodied at most, the white 2022 Le Poste offers...
94 WS / 94 JS / 92-94 VM / 92 WA / 16+ JR Powerful, with steeped plum and cherry coulis merging with potpourri and charred garrigue on a ripe, lush palate. Packs a wall of iron that provides a ballast for the ripe fruit,...
95-97 VM / 96 WA / 96 WS / 93 JD Deep, vivid ruby-red. Intensely perfumed, mineral-tinged scents of medicinal cherry, redcurrant and cassis are complemented bysuggestions of star anise, white pepper and pungent flowers...
97 JD / 96 VM / 96 JS / 96 DE / 96 WS / 94-96 WA / 17 JR Another incredibly classic expression of the terroir, the 2022 Gigondas Hominis Fides has a beautiful nose of crushed stone, graphite, loamy earth, and savory red and...
97 WS / 97 JD / 97 WE / 97 WCI / 96 VM / 96 DE / 17.5 JR This is packed together, with taut iron cables providing a platform for mouthwatering bitter plum, cassis and blackberry reduction flavors. Sage, bay tobacco and warm...
95-97 VM / 95 WA / 95 WS / 94 JD Brilliant violet color. Displays pungent, mineral- and spiceaccented cherry, black raspberry, potpourri and licorice aromas, along with hints of savory herbs, vanilla and incense. Chewy and...
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