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All Grenache, all stainless steel, all pleasure, the 2017 Chateauneuf du Pape Secrets de Pignan comes from the Pignan (Nord) lieu-dit. It couldn't be more different from the domaine's regular cuvée, boasting bright... Read More

Last of the whites, the 2022 Châteauneuf Du Pape Les Clairette De Gabriel Blanc checks in as 100% Clairette brought up in equal parts new and used barrels. It's medium-gold hue is followed by a gorgeous perfume of white... Read More

Moving to the 2020s from bottle, the 2020 Ventoux Quintessence is beauty revealing assorted blackberry and black raspberry-like fruits, some obvious chalky minerality, medium to full body, and a complex bouquet of violets, flowers,... Read More

The star of the Delas whites is the 2019 Hermitage Domaine des Tourettes Blanc, based on Marsanne from L'Ermite, Le Sabot (the bottom portion of Les Bessards) and La Tourette. Barrel fermented and aged in approximately one-third... Read More

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Tasted blind. Vanillin oak notes and crushed violets on the intense nose, a savoury meaty note beneath that also. Cassis and cocoa nib are followed by an oak char and wrapped in a cloak of dense,... Read More

Powerful, highly perfumed aromas of black/blue fruit liqueur, licorice, olive and potpourri are complemented by an exotic suggestion of incense. Stains the palate with intense boysenberry, cherry, cassis and spicecake flavors... Read More

The 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape XXL has only been made previously in the 2007 vintage, and there are around 400 cases of this beauty in 2016. Coming from old vines near Beaucastel, La Crau, and Saumade, which are all rolled... Read More

The 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape XXL is pure magic and one of the most singular wines out there. Based on 65% Grenache and the rest Syrah and other varieties, it was only 30% destemmed and brought up all in demi-muids. Where... Read More

A very expressive Gigondas with great Mediterranean herb character plus black olives. Powerful and structured, but with brightness and salty minerality lifting the bold palate. Made from grapes bought from three vineyards. A cuvee... Read More

Very well-defined, with anise, black tea and a core of cassis, plum and blackberry puree flavors that spark inner energy while being carried by racy iron, savory and garrigue notes. This is also less forward than most of its colleagues... Read More

Leading off the three Châteauneuf du Pape releases, the 2020 Châteauneuf du Pape Les Trois Sources comes from three different terroirs located in the northern part of the appellation, just across the street from the... Read More

The 2020 Châteauneuf du Pape Les Hauts-Lieux comes from a cooler, higher elevation parcel and also includes slightly more Mourvedre, both of which give this cuvée a more firm, structured profile, especially in its... Read More

2023 Jeb Dunnuck TOP 100 #12

Saturated violet color. Highly perfumed red and blue fruit preserve, potpourri and olive aromas are sharpened by cracked pepper and smoky mineral nuances. Sappy, appealingly sweet and prices on the palate offering energetic blueberry,... Read More

#42 TOP 100 Wine Spectator 2022

Round and smooth, this stretches out with incense and rose notes atop smoked plum and dried cherry, stitched together with suave tannins. Complex and very long, with a spine of cast iron that's expertly inlaid. Drink now through... Read More

Sporting a deep purple—almost blue—color, the sensational 2016 Cotes du Roussillon Villages Lesquerde l'Esquerda has a northern Rhône-like minerality as well as notes of classic black and blue fruits, crushed... Read More

Sporting a deep purple—almost blue—color, the sensational 2016 Cotes du Roussillon Villages Lesquerde l'Esquerda has a northern Rhône-like minerality as well as notes of classic black and blue fruits, crushed... Read More

Always one of my favorite whites out there, the 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Blanc is equal parts Grenache Blanc and Roussanne brought up in 50% new French oak, with the balance in tank. Its vivid gold hue is followed by a gorgeous... Read More