rhone Wine

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

I tasted three different lots of the 2020 Crozes Hermitage picked at very different ripeness levels. One picked on August 23 at just 11.7 degrees of potential alcohol was light-bodied with paper-like tannins but charming cherry-like... 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

While the 2019 Condrieu is a bit quiet on the nose it explodes on the palate into waves of apricot melon and pineapple fruit. Full-bodied rich and concentrated yet complex spicy mouthwatering long and refreshing on the finish... 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

Youthful purple. Highly expressive mineral-accented aromas of fresh black raspberry cherry and exotic spices; a sexy floral note builds in the glass. Juicy and sharply focused offering palate-staining red and blue fruit liqueur... Read More

An expansive bouquet evokes ripe black/blue fruits potpourri and olive paste and a mineral flourish lends vivacity. Shows impressive depth and energy on the palate offering sharply focused blueberry cherry preserve spicecake and... 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

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

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