Domaine De Pignan

Château Rayas

Réservé Pignan Châteauneuf-du-Pape Grenache 2012

🤯 🤯🤯 Difficult to find even when in the region it comes from, but, YES YES YES. Magic — 2 months ago

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Mon dieu! What a wine 😍😍😍

Daniel Bouland

Chiroubles Gamay 2011

Very mineral and floral up front, seems riper than the Pignan Regnie and Chamonard Morgon, but 2011 seems to supply the requisite backbone and structure, nice balance, medium-long finish, very good! — 3 years ago

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Severn Goodwin

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I like the wine program for the afternoon, 10YO Gamay is a good way to go
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@Severn Goodwin, the more I taste the 2011s I bought, I realize how great the vintage truly was in Beaujolais — the 2009s are kinda overripe and “drink up”.

Bosquet des Papes

Les 7 de Pignan Châteauneuf-du-Pape Grenache 2020

Very powerful aromatics. Needs a few more years to come around. — 3 months ago

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La Bastide Saint-Dominique

Vieilles Vignes Chateauneuf-du-Pape Secrets de Pignan 2011

Smoky, meaty, and minty, good but needs lamb. — a year ago

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Domaine Pierre Usseglio & Fils

Cuvée De Mon Aïeul Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend 2015

One of Usseglio’s top cuvées, Mon Aïeul (“my granddad”) is 100% Grenache from some of the estate’s oldest vines (about 85 years of age) in La Crau, La Guigasse and Les Grandes Serres lieux-dits – each with a different type of soil.

Situated on an elevated plateau to the east of the village, La Crau is perhaps Châteauneuf’s most famous cru, known for its distinctive “galets roulés”, large, rounded river stones deposited here by the Rhône millions of years ago. To the south of the village, Les Grandes Serres is a very warm site on gravelly alluvial soils (and the source of the estate’s biggest wine, the 18% ABV “Not for You”). La Guigasse, on the other hand, is a cooler, sandier site with hardly any galets located on the northeastern part of the appellation, near the famous Pignan and Rayas lieux-dits (Chateau Rayas)

Mostly unoaked, it was brought up in concrete vats, with 15-20% in demi-muids. Ruby red color. Intensely perfumed, with notes of red and dark fruit (strawberry, raspberry), licorice and herbs. Full-bodied, rich, opulent and concentrated. Ripe fruit (cherry) and white pepper, smooth and creamy on the palate. Long, velvety, quite tannic finish. Hedonistic wine.
— 2 years ago

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La Bastide Saint-Dominique

Secrets De Pignan Châteauneuf-du-Pape Grenache 2017

2017: Well-rated, very good CDP that features darker stewed fruit flavors and a good amount of port and earth nuances. While it suffers a typical CDP lack of acidity and vibrancy at this stage the fruit concentration makes this an above-average bottling and complements the growing complexity. Good value at $52 (VR). — 8 months ago

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The Language of Yes

En Passerillage Grenache 2020

I’m glad we still have Randall Grahm to make special wines like this because Lord knows the shitty US importer of Rayas, Pignan, Fonsallette and even Chateau des Tours has decided it’s easier to phone it in by selling out Reynaud Grenaches to the elite “swells” though private channels rather than making it available to less well-heeled wine lovers through normal retail. Fuck that shit. As for my take on this excellent wine, see my most recent note from August 2022 on this, but this is incrementally better and more complex and resolved after several more months’ rest. — 2 years ago

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Domaine de Pignan

Coralie et Floriane Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2015

John W
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Ruby coloration. Notable transparency- can see through to the bottom of the glass. On the nose, dark cherry, anise, herbs, and some forest floor. On the palate, cherry, anise, very ripe cantaloupe, vanilla, and a long finish. Full body and nice, rich mouthfeel. Balanced tannins and acidity. $60 at B21. — 3 years ago

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