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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! A blend of equal parts Marsanne and Roussanne, the 2021 Crozes-Hermitage Mule Blanche has a rounded, medium-bodied, nicely textured style that carries plenty of pear, citrus blossom, and sappy herbs notes as well as a touch of salty minerality. A fleshy, undeniably delicious, balanced white, it's ideal for drinking over the coming 4-5...
ESTATE PRICE! 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, ground pepper, truffle, and smoked game, as well as a hint of black olives, emerge from the glass, and it’s medium to full-bodied, has a rocking texture, ripe tannins,...
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....
I thought the 2020 Gigondas was gorgeous, with a rich, medium to full-bodied, concentrated style as well as classic Saint Cosme ground pepper, mineral, cured meats, and assorted red and black fruits. It’s a powerful, concentrated base cuvée with the mid-palate and structure to evolve for 15-20 years.
This estate makes a terrific white, and their 2021 Châteauneuf Du Pape Blanc is well worth seeking out. Made in a fresh, medium-bodied, clean, crisp style, it still has ample texture as well as textbook apple, citrus, sappy herbs, and chalky mineral-like aromas and flavors. It's just beautifully done, and I suspect it will evolve for a decade, although...
The 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Blanc is 40% Grenache Blanc, 30% Roussanne, and the rest Clairette. Incredibly pure, honeyed, mineral-like notes of citrus, spice, and white flowers give way to a medium to full-bodied white that has solid mid-palate depth and concentration, good acidity, and a great finish. You can drink this brilliant wine today or cellar it...
ESTATE PRICE! The 2018 Cornas Les Grandes Terrasses is impressive, with a deep, black-fruited core to go with notes of chocolate, graphite, cedarwood, and gamey nuances. Rich, medium to full-bodied, concentrated, and tight and closed on the palate, I suspect it's going to benefit from 2-4 years of bottle age and keep for well over a decade.
ESTATE PRICE! Showing beautifully, the 2015 Châteauneuf Du Pape Domaine de Terre Ferme Blanc offers a fresh, yet medium to full-bodied, textured style to go with terrific notes of juicy white peach, green citrus, sappy flowers and a hint of crushed rocks.
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! Paul Jaboulet-Aîné is the emblematic name of the great wines of the Northern Rhône Valley. It was founded in 1834 in Tain L'Hermitage. The renowned oenologist and winemaker Caroline Frey runs this illustrious house.In 2007, she acquired the Domaine de la Terre Ferme, with the ambition of making the property a standard among the great...
ESTATE PRICE! Le Côte Rôtie Les Rochins 2020 verra 20 mois en chêne français neuf à 30 % avant d'être mis en bouteille. Sa couleur pourpre profonde est suivie d'un Côte Rôtie concentré, mûr et sexy qui regorge d'arômes et de saveurs de fruits bleus et noirs, d'épices grillées, de chocolat et de fleurs. Riche, mi-corsé à corsé, avec juste un soupçon de...
The domaine du vieux télégraphe is a family exploitation since 1891. This domain has a worldwide reputation thanks to the quality of its wines. Their secret: the vineyard, with an average age of 70 years, is located on the famous Crau plateau. Piedlong is a superb combination of two plots of old Grenache, Piedlong and Pignan (neighboring Rayas).
ESTATE PRICE! Vaudieu, it is for several centuries one of the most prestigious domains of Chateauneuf-du-Pape, The elegance of the Terroirs of Vaudieu, is revealed and sublimated with this cuvée Val de Dieu (assembly of grenache, syrah, mourvèdre of more than 80 years) acts as a reference impossible to circumvent in Chateauneuf du Pape! On this...
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...
ESTATE PRICE ! The 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Boisrenard Blanc is a crazy mix of just about every variety and was raised 65% in foudre and 35% in old barrels. It's a deeper, richer white offering ample spice, baked apple, and Tarte Tatin-like notes in a balanced, still vibrant, fresh style. It's going to benefit from a year or two of bottle age, and it too...
All Grenache Blanc brought up in older barrels, the 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Clos Du Belvédère Blanc is light gold-hued and boasts a vibrant, clean, straight-up juicy bouquet of tart peach, minty herbs, and crushed stone. Medium bodied on the palate, it builds nicely with time in the glass and has wonderful freshness and purity as well as a classy, dry...
ESTATE PRICE! The 2015 Châteauneuf Du Pape Domaine de Terre Ferme offers lots of blackberry, black raspberries, peppery herbs and toasted spices in a medium to full-bodied, nicely concentrated and structured style. It’s going to need short-term cellaring.
ESTATE PRICE! The flagship cuvée is the 2018 Châteauneuf Du Pape Cuvée Des Generations Gaston Philippe. It offers more oak as well as concentration and depth. Ripe, powerful blue fruits, violets, plums, and incense notes all flow to a medium to full-bodied, concentrated 2018 that brings the power yet stays pure, balanced, and focused. It’s a beautiful...
The 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape continues to impress with each tasting. The nose is characterized by plenty of ripe red and black fruits, licorice, roasted herbs, and various meats. It is medium-bodied, pure, and elegant, and is simply a stunning Chateauneuf du Pape that is in the best period of its life.