Barnyard yeast excellent 1+1=4 w strong cheese — 3 months ago
6/5/26 home cooked dinner with my love. Melon, black currant, plum. Did not taste licorice hiding in there. Was wonderful. Definitely buy again. . — 5 months ago
Wonderful with Lamb and Black bass — 8 months ago
Dark ruby in color with a wide reddish rim.
Beautiful nose of cherries, raspberries, cedar, chocolates, tobacco, herbs, spices, light earth and wild flowers.
Medium plus in body with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate with black currants, plums, cooked cherries, cedar, spices, toast, light vanilla, dark chocolates, coffee, peppercorn, earth and black tea.
Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cherries.
This is a delicious Grenache blend from Châteauneuf-du-Pape, with a hint of New World style. Elegant and rich. Fruit forward, powerful and engaging.
Nicely balanced and spicy, with a great mouthfeel.
This 6 year old is drinking beautifully now, and will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years.
Good right out of the bottle, and better with airtime. The high alcohol is well integrated by now. A great sipping wine.
A blend of 80% Grenache and 20% Mourvedre from 100 year old vines. Aged in new French oak barrels. A small production of only 3,500 bottles.
15.5% alcohol by volume.
93 points.
$100. — 2 years ago
Spicy and full bodied. — 6 years ago
Loreline Laborde @Arvensis. — 7 years ago
A delicious Grenache based blend from Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Nicely balanced with a nice mouthfeel. Complex and entertaining.
A great vintage in Châteauneuf-du-Pape that will show itself in the future.
Still young and will continue to age nicely in the next 15 years. Showing good potential to become a 94+ point wine.
I've had a few vintages of this wine and it is always delicious.
A great sipping wine that will also pair nicely with food.
A blend of 55% Grenache, 30% Mourvèdre, 10% Syrah, and 5% local varieties. Aged in large French oak barrels for 18 months. Unfiltered and unfined.
14.5% alcohol by volume.
92 points.
$120. — 10 days ago
Reddish in color with medium intensity.
Red fruits on the nose and medium plus in body with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate, well balanced and complex.
Showing raspberries, strawberries, plums, red currants, earth, light wood, spices, coffee, dark chocolates, light tobacco leaf and peppercorn.
Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries.
This is a delicious Grenache from Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Fresh tasting and already drinking beautifully, even though it is very young. Elegant and nicely balanced. Complex and engaging.
Will continue to age nicely in the next 15 years. Showing good potential to become a 94+ point wine.
Good by itself as a sipping wine or with food.
A blend of 86% Grenache from old vines with 7% Syrah and 7% Mourvèdre. Aged in large French oak barrels.
15.5% alcohol by volume.
92 points.
$60. — 4 months ago
Very pleasant, some fruit and soft tannins. Went very well with lamb shanks. — 7 months ago
Beautiful, quintessential nose! Silky and balanced from start to finish. Not trying to be too bold but it doesn’t disappear either. Truly enjoyable Bordeaux and I would absolutely buy it again — 10 months ago
French contestant in our International Wine Tasting Night — 6 years ago
Lots of raspberry and plum on the nose, and some leather and sage as it opens up. Nice tannin and acidity with a smooth, strawberry finish. Very good. — 8 years ago
Lovely Chateauneuf du Pape with Pat’s grilled steak for my birthday. — 2 months ago

Transparent cherry red. Oak vanilla nutmeg. Berry and cherry. Changed deeply later. Concentration. Fruitiness M Sweetness M Acidity M Gentle Tannin M+ Bitterness M Body M Finish M Clefs des Papes Chateauneuf du Pape Red Rhone Blend 22@769, cost, 260615 — 4 months ago
Ruby in color with a wide reddish rim.
Light on the nose, and medium plus in body with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate with nice complexity.
Showing red cherries, currants, plums, light chocolates, coffee, light wood and black pepper.
Nice tangy finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries.
This is a very tasty 6 years old Grenache blend from Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Elegant and nicely balanced. Complex and interesting.
Good right out of the bottle, and better with airtime. Will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years.
The high alcohol is already well integrated. Good by itself as a sipping wine or with food.
A blend of 80% Grenache, 5% Syrah, 5% Cinsault, 5% Mourvedre and 5% Vaccarese, from 50 year old vines. Aged in large French oak barrels for 8 months.
15.5% alcohol by volume.
91 points.
$50. — 10 months ago
It is time for some Merlot on this #MerlotThursday. Let's bring Merlot back!
Dark ruby in color with a wide reddish rim.
Nice nose of blue and black fruits with light wood, spices, licorice, light earth, vegetables, herbs, tobacco leaf and dark coffee.
Full-bodied with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate with black currants, plums, cherries, light oak, spices, chocolates, licorice, coffee, tobacco leaf, earth and black pepper.
Nice length on the finish with fine grained tannins, raspberries and peppercorn.
This 7 year old Merlot from Bordeaux is peaking now, and will continue to drink nicely in the next few years. Complex and interesting.
I had this vintage 3 years ago, and it hasn't changed much, except that the nose has become noticeably prettier.
Needs a couple of hours to open up properly so be patient.
Good by itself and better with food. I paired it with grilled picanha.
A blend of 71% Merlot, 27% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc.
13.5% alcohol by volume.
90 points.
$25. — 2 years ago
Lurid magenta. Expansive aromas of mineral-tinged red berries, incense and cola, joined by a suave floral nuance as the wine opens up. Appealingly sweet and seamless on the palate, offering juicy raspberry, cherry, spicecake and candied licorice flavors that are braced by a spine of juicy acidity. Finishes smooth and long, with gentle tannins and lingering floral pastille and star anise notes. (Josh Raynolds, Vinous, December 2019)
— 7 years ago
"Odedi"
A delicious and very complex white blend from Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Rich and fruit forward. Elegant and nicely balanced.
Still young, but already very approachable and drinking beautifully. Will continue to age nicely in the next 15 years.
A great sipping wine that will also pair nicely with food.
A blend of 16% Grenache Blanc, 16% Clairette, 16% Roussanne, 16% Picpoul, 16% Bourboulenc and 16% Picardan. Aged for 6 months on the lees.
14% alcohol by volume.
93 points.
$100. — 2 days ago