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#42 in Top 100 Wines of France, 2024. A textured, layered, precise red, showcasing aromas of cherries, raspberries, warm herbs, bay leaves and baking spices. It’s medium- to full-bodied with silty, beautifully melted tannins. So integrated. Lively and focused, with plenty of energy and verve complementing the ripe red fruit and dried herbs. Intense stream…
Lightly hued, the 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Blanc nevertheless has good intensity and depth in its aromas and flavors, offering lots of tart pineapple and tangerine fruits as well as spice, sappy herbs, and a kiss of chalky minerality. Bright, almost racy, yet pure and precise on the palate, I love its overall balance as…
Country: France Region: Rhone Valley Size: 750ml Color: Red Varietal Red Rhone Blend The Rhone region of France has been producing superb quality white blended wines for centuries, and is a region highly respected and esteemed around the world, with plenty of New World countries keen to emulate the styles and techniques displayed by the…
This is tasting well now. It’s harmonious, with the oak and fruit having come together nicely – poached pear, star fruit and grapefruit inlaid with sweet spices. It has a certain acidity and cut that makes for a powerful wine, but one with edge and precision. Saline finish. Matured 15% in new oak barriques, the…
2016 marks the first bottling of de Nalys under the Guigal umbrella and this intensely ripe but pristine wine makes a promising debut. It’s luscious but elegant, loaded with rich black-plum and cassis flavors firmed by piquant hits of licorice and pepper. Silky tannins make it approachable already but the wine should improve through 2036…
The final blend had been made at the time of my visit to the Guigal cellars in Ampuis, where I tasted the 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape Grand Vin prior to bottling. Black cherries, blackberries and just a hint of of toasty oak mark the nose, while the full-bodied palate is rich, plush and velvety, finishing…
Rich and warm in style, with a velvety flow to the mix of violet, plum paste, black currant compote and licorice root notes, while a tarry edge flows underneath. Ends with grippy texture and extra hints of bay leaf and tobacco amid the fruit. Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. Best from 2023 through 2029. 315 cases…
Moving to the single vineyard releases, the 2020 Vinsobres Guerin comes from lower down on the hillside and more pebbly soils. It has lots of meaty red and black fruits as well as exotic notes of ground pepper, orange blossom, and licorice. This full-bodied, ripe, opulent beauty is going to evolve nicely through 2032. Country:…
Châteauneuf-du-Pape is famously the strongest, most powerful, and longest-lived wine of the southern Rhône. Louis Barruol’s Châteauneuf-du-Pape from contracted growers is a classic expression of the region with aromas and flavors of cherry, thyme, lavender, truffle, and olives. Country: France Region: Rhone Valley Appellation: Chateauneuf Du Pape Size: 750ml Color: Red Alcohol by Vol: 15.0%…
Châteauneuf-du-Pape is famously the strongest, most powerful, and longest-lived wine of the southern Rhône. Louis Barruol’s Châteauneuf-du-Pape from contracted growers is a classic expression of the region with aromas and flavors of cherry, thyme, lavender, truffle, and olives. Country: France Region: Rhone Valley Appellation: Chateauneuf Du Pape Size: 750ml Color: Red Alcohol by Vol: 15.0%…
Country: France Region: Rhone Valley Appellation: Condrieu Size: 750ml Color: White Alcohol by Vol: 13.6% Varietal Viognier Although primarily associated with the Rhone region of France, the precise origins of the Viognier grape variety are unknown, and the subject of much debate. However, these fine and delicate green skinned grapes are an important varietal for…
A plump, engaging style, with pear, green plum and spiced apple notes sprinkled with salt and herbs on a flowing, glossy frame. Density builds, with a mineral foundation driving the power and length. Savory and saline on the finish, which displays smoke, crushed flint intensity and length. Powerful and poised. Drink now through 2032. 5…
This Syrah-dominant blend augmented by Grenache, Carignan, Mourvèdre and Clairette is sourced from three Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages communes of Plan de Dieu, Saint Maurice and Cairanne. Vinified in wooden vats and matured in concrete, it offers decadent cassis and black-plum flavors accented by tar, charred sage and licorice. Supple and piercing, the wine is ready now but…
Textured, layered and focused. It expresses notes of dark berries, roasted meat, warm spices, bay leaves and some dried thyme. Medium-bodied with fine, firm tannins. Plenty of energy, focus and structure. More compact toward the finish. Country: France Region: Rhone Valley Appellation: Cotes Du Rhone Size: 1.5Ltr Color: Red Alcohol by Vol: 15.3% Varietal Red…
A harmonious, round and textural Crozes-Hermitage. Aromas of dark cherries, dried herbs, cassis and violets on the nose. It’s medium-bodied with fine tannin and a vivid core of peppercorns through the palate. A caressing texture combines with the lively, spicy character of the mid-palate. Precise and pure. More compact in the finish. Country: France Region:…
This has a beautiful texture, harmoniously blending plum sauce, raspberry preserves, charred alder and floral perfume with an invigorating, fresh dusting of white pepper and crushed dried herbs. Delivers an intense undercurrent of mineral, incense and lavender notes that course through the finish, which goes on and on. Delicious. Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah and Cinsault. Drink…
#47 in Top 100, 2025. Expressive notes of pomegranate and raspberry show pretty lavender perfume alongside wafts of apple wood smoke and black pepper. Fine yet substantial tannins hold a firm grip, with graphite power building. Concentrated and firmly structured on a sleek, powerful frame. Tightly wound, this will be even better with a few…
Country: France Region: Rhone Valley Appellation: Gigondas Size: 750ml Color: Red Varietal Red Rhone Blend The Rhone region of France has been producing superb quality white blended wines for centuries, and is a region highly respected and esteemed around the world, with plenty of New World countries keen to emulate the styles and techniques displayed…
Just about perfection in a glass, the 2017 Gigondas Le Claux got a few expletives in my notes. Made from 100% Grenache from a loamy, limestone parcel that’s a stone’s throw from the estate, just outside the village, it boasts a deep purple color as well as stunning notes of kirsch, cassis, camphor, dried earth,…
Robust, floral and intense. 100% old-vine grenache, expressing aromas of wild berries, sweet cherries, orange peel, dried flowers, grilled herbs and loads of spices. It’s full-bodied with fine, firm tannins. Juicy at the center with so much energy. It’s vibrant and focused with good drive in the finish. Bright and agile. Country: France Region: Rhone…
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