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ESTATE PRICE! The 2021 Côtes-du-Rhône is a rich, meaty, beefy effort that has plenty of Provençal character and charm. It's medium-bodied, concentrated, and has terrific mid-palate depth, especially in this vintage."
Discover this Crozes-Hermitage with an incredible touch of fruit purity. Signed by one of the world's greatest wineries...This rich wine with aromas of red fruits associated with spicy notes of white pepper and licorice will delight epicureans. It is remarkably fresh and offers very present tannins but worked by a prolonged maturing in wood. A sure value...
A fresh, easy-drinking, attractive, unifying Saint Joseph... It is signed Guigal!Its dark red color with purplish tints reveals a powerful nose dominated by red fruits and subtly charged with the delicate aromas of wood from the barrels. In the mouth, the frank and fruity attack is followed by supple and round tannins. A Saint-Joseph that is easy to drink...
ESTATE PRICE! the smaller production 2021 Tavel La Reine De Bois comes from more pebbly soils (the base Tavel is more sandy soils), and while it's not as powerful as some of the past vintages, it nevertheless has remarkable purity, precision, and elegance, with beautiful notes of framboise, honeyed flowers, spice, and crushed stone. Rosé doesn't get much...
ESTATE PRICE! Xavier Braujou's 100% Carignan, aged 12 months in barrels, is more refined than structured, contrary to all the stereotypes about this variety!
ESTATE PRICE! Offering more density, the 2020 Lirac La Reine De Bois has terrific purity in its black raspberry and darker cherry fruits as well as violet, flowers, and sappy garrigue-like aromatics. Beautiful on the palate as well, it's medium-bodied, has fine tannins, a seamless, pure, gorgeous texture, and a great finish. It’s a seriously good Lirac...
ESTATE PRICE! The 100% Mourvèdre of Xavier Braujou, aged 12 months in barrels, still in the velvety style of Xavier Braujou, favoring finesse over rusticity.
ESTATE PRICE! A mix of most of the permitted white varieties (mostly Clairette, Grenache Blanc and Roussanne), the 2021 Lirac La Reine Des Bois Blanc is thrilling stuff, and I’d certainly put it up with any of the top Châteauneuf du Pape whites out there. Light gold hued with a clean, classy bouquet of crushed citrus, spiced pear, white flowers, and...
ESTATE PRICE! Another magnificent Cinsault... Decidedly, Xavier Braujou excels with this grape variety that is sometimes rightly called the Pinot Noir of Languedoc... A very floral wine, delicious !
ESTATE PRICE! The wine in three words : Atypical Intense Fresh Tasting notes : Antoine Gouffier freed himself from the codes of the appellation to create this atypical white wine, vinified like a red. This Sauvignon Blanc opens on an intense nose of gingerbread and toast. Intense palate with exotic notes, long finish with refreshing acidity. Goes...
Just bottled the week before this tasting, the 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Blanc is a true winner of the vintage and should be snatched up by discerning readers. The bouquet is dominated by notes of white peach, flowers, and green almonds, and is medium-bodied, with a pure, seamless mouthfeel, a rare blend of richness and freshness, and an excellent finish....
ESTATE PRICE! Almost entirely Roussanne (the assemblage includes 5% Clairette), Sixtine's 2021 Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc features hints of honey and caramel on the nose, accenting pear, pineapple and tangerine notes. Partially fermented and matured in oak, with about two-thirds done in tank, it's medium to full-bodied, silky and even a bit tannic, but...
ESTATE PRICE! The quality of what could be considered the “entry-level” cuvée from Barrot is the equivalent of most estate’s top wine, and the 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Signature delivers the goods again. It’s almost too good and certainly not far behind the Pure cuvée. A blend of 62% Grenache, 18% Mourvèdre, and the rest Cinsault, Syrah, Vaccarèse, and...
The classic 2017 Châteauneuf Du Pape comes from tiny, tiny yields and checks in as 60% Grenache, 15% Each of Syrah and Mourvèdre, and the rest Cinsault that was 70% destemmed and brought up in a mix of used barrels. It's a beautiful, layered wine that delivers the goods, offering loads of black raspberry fruit, notes of spice, garrigue, licorice, and...
ESTATE PRICE! The wine in three words : Fresh Mineral Lively Tasting notes : Wine with a pale gold color on bright reflections with green and silver nuances. The freshness emanates from the visual. A fine and discreet nose which opens quickly on aromas of white flowers, citrus fruits, peach, apricot. Mineral on aeration. Supple and honeyed on white fruit...
ESTATE PRICE! The quality of what could be considered the “entry-level” cuvée from Barrot is the equivalent of most estate’s top wine, and the 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Signature delivers the goods again. It’s almost too good and certainly not far behind the Pure cuvée. A blend of 62% Grenache, 18% Mourvèdre, and the rest Cinsault, Syrah, Vaccarèse, and...
ESTATE PRICE! A smaller production cuvée based largely on Roussanne, with 5% Clairette, the 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Cuvée Des Generations Marie-Leoncie Blanc is another richer style of white, offering plenty of honeyed citrus, toasted almonds, white flowers, and honeysuckle aromas to go with a medium to full-bodied, rich, concentrated style on the...
An even split of Grenache from 100 year old vines and Syrah from 20 year old vine, the 2007 Domaine la Barroche Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Fiancée is a deep, serious wine and shows earthy, meaty dark fruit aromas paired with smoke, graphite and earth notes. Dense and concentrated on the palate, this is perfectly balanced, full bodied, beautifully textured...
ESTATE PRICE! The flagship is the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Chateau Sixtine and it’s mostly Grenache with solid amounts of Syrah and Mourvèdre, that’s raised in concrete and used barrels. It’s another rich yet incredibly polished, seamless barrel sample that has ample blackberry and black raspberry fruits as well as notes of chocolate, cured meats, and...