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Made from 100% Syrah aged two years in barrel the 2016 Côte Rôtie Les Grandes Places is a sensational effort from one of the great terroirs in the Côte Brune side of the appellation. Loaded with black and blue... Read More

Inky ruby. Spice- and mineral-accented black and blue fruits licorice smoked meat and olive paste on the intensely perfumed nose. Concentrated blackberry cherry and violet pastille flavors take on a suave floral nuance with aeration.... Read More

A bit tighter in style than the expansive flowery 2018 the 2019 Condrieu Clos Chanson adds pineapple and citrus notes to the ripe apricot flavors. It's medium to full-bodied concentrated and focused with a long mouthwatering... Read More

Even this normally approachable cuvée is pretty darn tannic this vintage. Tasted just prior to bottling Levet's 2019 Cote Rotie Amethyste features scents of crushed stone asphalt black olives and purple raspberries. Full-bodied... Read More

Even this normally approachable cuvée is pretty darn tannic this vintage. Tasted just prior to bottling Levet's 2019 Cote Rotie Amethyste features scents of crushed stone asphalt black olives and purple raspberries. Full-bodied... Read More

A prospective blend assembled from several barrels for my tasting the 2020 Cote Rotie Amethyste—a blend of five lieux-dits—is dark fruited and plummy yet also vaguely herbal and wiry. In the mouth it's medium to full-bodied... Read More

A prospective blend assembled from several barrels for my tasting the 2020 Cote Rotie Amethyste—a blend of five lieux-dits—is dark fruited and plummy yet also vaguely herbal and wiry. In the mouth it's medium to full-bodied... Read More

Again a prospective sample blended from several barrels the 2020 Cote Rotie Les Journaries (labeled Maestria outside the United States) is a blend of fruit from La Landonne and CĂ´te Brune. It's full-bodied rich and tannic... Read More

Made from 80% Roussanne and 20% Marsanne brought up in barrel the light gold 2020 Crozes-Hermitage Blanc has a juicy perfumed medium-bodied style as well as some exotic subtle tropical aromas and flavors of white stone fruits... Read More

Earthy savory and inviting with smoked meat bay leaf and singed wild herbs infusing a base of plum sauce and cherry. Gains support from fine-grained tannins but a spine of iron gives real form to this layered wine with black olive... Read More

Reviewed by Joe Czerwinski Issue Date 19th Dec 2019 Source December 2019 Week 3 The Wine Advocate Paradoxically the 2016 Chateau Grillet seems more developed and yet fresher than the 2017. Caramel overtones frame notes of apricot... Read More

Bottled just two weeks prior to my visit the 2017 Chateau Grillet was still looking awfully good for having been fined filtered and stuck into a confined space. It's a forward opulent vintage boasting flamboyant stone-fruit... Read More

I tasted three different components of the 2018 Chateau Grillet. First from the top of the property a round lush silky long wine (94 - 96). Second from just behind the château a more exotic tropical barrel that was almost kinky... Read More

Having bottled Chateauneuf since the end of the nineteenth century and being prominent members in the town since at least two centuries before this, the Avril family of Clos des Papes have made the estate into one of the great... Read More

When I visited in June 2019 the selection for the 2018 Chateauneuf du Pape Sanctus Sanctorum hadn't yet been done so this is my first look at the wine. It's marked by the new oak demi-muids with layers of vanilla and cedar... Read More

Very alluring and while densely packed this is very silky and refined in feel. Presents perfumed raspberry cherry and plum puree notes laced with sandalwood incense and rooibos tea. Flirts with exotic as the fruit hangs on the... Read More

Leads with warm ganache and fig bread notes followed quickly by raspberry reduction accents that take some time to unwind. Showcases plum pâte de fruit sanguine and black licorice notes with a flicker of Turkish coffee underscoring... Read More

One of the appellation’s top whites comes from Clos Saint Jean (although it’s their reds that get all the attention) the 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Blanc is brilliant with a fresh vibrant focused style to go with classic crushed... Read More

Marked by striking aromas of licorice and violets set against a backdrop of black cherries the 2019 Cote Rotie Les Schistes is the blended cuvée formerly known as "Classique." It's medium to full-bodied taut and crisp with... Read More