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Boasts bitter plum raspberry and black cherry reduction notes that have a lively savory garrigue streak while grippy-edged tar tobacco and ganache notes pepper the finish. Muscular and dense but the cut is there and the fruit... Read More

The 2016 Hermitage les Bessards is a gorgeous if somewhat easygoing expression of its terroir combining savory notes of asphalt and smoked meat with plum and black raspberries. It shows the classic tannins of its granite bedrock... Read More

Impressively dark and saturated in color the 2016 Saint Joseph Sainte-Epine showcases its granite origins boasting scents of crushed stone on the nose along with hints of plummy fruit and grilled meat. It's medium to full-bodied... Read More

Aime Sabon established this estate in 1973 when he took over from his father who had spent a lot of time and effort improving fruit quality but always sold the fruit to the local co-operative. The operation of the estate is now... Read More

Aime Sabon established this estate in 1973 when he took over from his father who had spent a lot of time and effort improving fruit quality but always sold the fruit to the local co-operative. The operation of the estate is now... Read More

Aime Sabon established this estate in 1973 when he took over from his father who had spent a lot of time and effort improving fruit quality but always sold the fruit to the local co-operative. The operation of the estate is now... Read More

Tasted from tank the 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape looks to be another highly successful vintage. It boasts this cuvée's usual complex florals allied to red raspberries and cherries but it doesn't come across quite as concentrated... Read More

Tasted from tank the 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape looks to be another highly successful vintage. It boasts this cuvée's usual complex florals allied to red raspberries and cherries but it doesn't come across quite as concentrated... Read More

This has power and concentration to the graphite- and smoke-edged black fig and currant flavors with a steely mineral undercurrent and charred aniseed. In spite of the decadent fruit profile this has a nice framework and lovely... Read More

Just to the west of town, this Domaine has since 1998 been under the stewardship of brother and sister team of Marie and Francois Giraud, whose lineage in winemaking on their father’s side stretches back six centuries. Their... Read More

Just to the west of town, this Domaine has since 1998 been under the stewardship of brother and sister team of Marie and Francois Giraud, whose lineage in winemaking on their father’s side stretches back six centuries. Their... Read More

Just to the west of town, this Domaine has since 1998 been under the stewardship of brother and sister team of Marie and Francois Giraud, whose lineage in winemaking on their father’s side stretches back six centuries. Their... Read More

Just to the west of town, this Domaine has since 1998 been under the stewardship of brother and sister team of Marie and Francois Giraud, whose lineage in winemaking on their father’s side stretches back six centuries. Their... Read More

From vines slightly higher in elevation the 2020 Cornas Granit 60 is similarly purple-hued and has more primordial aromas and flavors of blueberries cassis pepper and scorched earth. It's more structured mineral-laced and... Read More

From vines slightly higher in elevation the 2020 Cornas Granit 60 is similarly purple-hued and has more primordial aromas and flavors of blueberries cassis pepper and scorched earth. It's more structured mineral-laced and... Read More

The awesome 1998 Cote Rotie La Mouline is a seamless full-bodied classic with many characteristics of the 1997 La Landonne but more structure tannin and muscle. It will need two years of cellaring and will last for twenty years.... Read More

A common refrain regarding the La-Las is that they require a decade or more of cellaring to come around. In fact they're often quite open and appealing soon after release only to close down shortly thereafter. The 2017 Cote... Read More

In comparison to the La Mouline, the 2018 Côte Rôtie La Turque shows a darker, more Côte Brune-like character (which is where this is from) in its broody black fruits, scorched earth, smoked meats, graphite,... Read More

Readers will note that the score range I've provided for Chave's 2020 Hermitage is much broader than typical. That's because my ratings for the numerous barrel samples tasted varied considerably with one lot scoring... Read More

The rating and review of the 2020 Saint Joseph is a composite based on tasting several lots—Chalaix Dardouilles and Bechasson—from barrel. With aromas that range from violets to rose petals garrigue and licorice plus fruit... Read More