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When Robert Parker first called a hot-vintage Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape, “One of the greatest wines I’ve ever tasted,” he not only shined a bright light on the most revered winegrowing family the southern Rhone’s ever known — he also called attention to the Perrin family’s secret ingredient: late-maturing, old-vine Mourvedre. In the torrid summer of…
Southern Rhône 2010: “One of the greatest vintages in 30 years” — Robert Parker, Jr. Robert Parker called the 2010 vintage in the southern Rhône “one of the greatest in thirty years.” Weather conditions were ideal, highlighted by chilly nights and marvelously warm days. Absent any of the torrid heat spikes of 2009, the growing…
“If there’s a Syrah from the south that will stand up to a top Hermitage, this is it” Ventoux is one of the great unsung appellations of the Southern Rhône — essentially a satellite of the more-storied Châteauneuf-du-Pape, using the same trifecta of Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvédre. Believing in Ventoux’s promise, great producers like…
A Harmonious Marriage This may surprise the many fans of Andrew Rich’s top-flight Pinot Noirs, but he didn’t move up to Oregon on a Pinot pilgrimage. His skills sharpened by a formative six-year stint with iconoclastic Bonny Doon winemaker Randall Grahm, Rich headed to the Pacific Northwest in 1994 to make Rhône-style wines. Whether judged…
“The Best Beaucastel Since the 1990 or 2001” — Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate Every serious wine collector in the world is well acquainted with the Perrin family’s Château de Beaucastel. Since Robert Parker first began dropping 100-point scores on Beaucastel’s Châteauneuf-du-Papes, Beaucastel has set the bar by which all wines of the southern Rhône Valley…
Corkiness and the Resolve Chez Jaume It’s easy to look back on our early days of importing with a happy sense of nostalgia — the truth is we were young and under immense pressure not to squander the $30,000 in our opening bank account. We traveled the back roads of France, knocking on doors, purchasing…
Torch-Bearer of a Monumental Vintage Amidst the greatness of the 2012 vintage in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Xavier Vignon’s “Anonyme” shines, earning 95 points from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, which raved about its “thrilling purity and focus.” Quality like this in an under-$50 package simply doesn’t come around very often. Compared to the other leaders of the vintage…
Who Knew? This year marks the 10th anniversary of WineAccess. Our first story was published on November 2, 2006, a short missive about three vintages of Michael Havens’ “Bourriquot,” a Right Bank blend that Robert Parker once called a “a Napa version of the famed Cheval Blanc.” While we were uncertain as to the potential…
A Purisima Mountain Toast to Jean-Louis Chave In the summer of 1992, we met Tom Beckmen, an entrepreneur who had just sold his music company on the Tokyo stock exchange for several hundred million dollars. Beckmen is good at a lot of things, but retirement didn’t turn out to be one of them. Almost immediately,…
93pt Chapoutier Bila-Haut “L’esquerda” … The Greenback Pounds the Euro Reporting from Perpignan: In 1999, Michel Chapoutier stumbled upon a neglected 185-acre property in the Roussillon. The soils were a rugged mix of flaky schist, gneiss, and clay. Chapoutier was smitten by the wildness of the slopes of the Agly Valley — about as close…
Somewhere between Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the South of France and Priorat in northern Spain, thoughts inevitably turn to the bright, coppery Bandol Rosés and hardy fortified wines of Rivesaltes. It is in this wild and unspoiled region of France that one could almost forget about fine red wine. But for three decades, Gérard Gauby has been…
Youthful Hedonism at Château de Beaucastel The Perrin family’s Château de Beaucastel is the southern Rhône estate by which all others are defined. The old vines of Beaucastel push out singular blends in every vintage, reflecting not only the place in which they’re grown but also the drama of each growing season. Since the release…
California’s Cult Masters’ Take on Santa Barbara The owners of Screaming Eagle, Napa Valley’s iconic $1,500 Cabernet, have made their mark in Santa Barbara: Winemaker Matt Dees’s Jonata has flirted with perfection, with eight wines over 97 points from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate. The 2013 Jonata “Todos” earned a “smokin’” 94 points from the Advocate…
The Secret to World-Class Rhônes? Rocks and Stones Seven months ago, the May issue of Wine Spectator landed on our desk. Splashed across the cover and a TWELVE-page spread inside was a feature dedicated to Cayuse Vineyards’ cult winemaker Christophe Baron and his 62 acres of vineyards in Washington’s Walla Walla Valley AVA. “Perhaps America’s…
A Bordeaux Master Brings Expertise to Rhône Varieties What do the state of Washington and the Northern Rhône have in common? The soil composition in their vineyards, for one thing: Both regions are blessed with volcanic basalt and volcanic pomace in their dirt. That similarity has inspired many Washington-based winemakers to try their hand at…
Old Vines meets Old School It’s a rare occasion when all you have to do is smell a wine before you decide that you’re on board. The first whiff of the 2014 Jean David Côtes du Rhône was nothing short of punch-drunk love. All we had to do was dip our nose in the glass…
“One of the Finest Estates in the Southern Rhône” Winemaker Philippe Cambie — Robert Parker’s 2010 “Winemaker of the Year” — has authored an incredible 25 wines rated 98 points and above by Parker — fifteen of which have reached the apex of 100-point perfection. At Domaine Les Aphillanthes, which Parker has called “one of…
Peaks and Values in Gigondas The white crags of the Dentelles de Montmirail soar 2,400 feet into the sky above Joël Saurel’s vineyard in Gigondas. Over millennia, the limestone peaks have eroded into the substrata, forming the rocky, well-draining soil that has yielded so many high-scoring, Saint-Damien sleepers. The parcel known as La Louisiane is…
Rhône Au Naturel: Sun-Streaked, Mistral-Cooled At a blind tasting in a West Village boîte this past spring, 10 out of 15 tasters ventured to guess this wine as being a Châteauneuf-du-Pape or Gigondas. Marvelously dense, robust, with a telltale whiff of garrigue, rippling with sweet spice and ripe black fruit, it was all but textbook….
A Harlan Estate Alum’s Hyper-Focus in Châteauneuf Winemaker Claire Fabre interned at Napa’s Harlan Estate. She poured everything she learned about making world-class wine into this Vieux Donjon, and we’re not the only ones to notice. This 2014 Le Vieux Donjon Châteauneuf-du-Pape earned 92-94 points from Vinous, which called it “sweet, seamless and broad on…
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