David Kline

9.4

Nose of black tea, portobello, baked plum and soft, unctuous cherry. Kirsch-chocolate, blood orange, French roast, marigold, ferromagnesian elements. Coffee, baking chocolate, black cherry skin, cigar smoke, venison jerky, char, cassis, and vine charcoal.


#cdp #châteauneuf #chateauneufdepape #chateaudebeaucastel #2004cdp #rhonewine #rhonereds #rhoneblend #familleperrin #appellationcdpcontrôlée #œnothèquechâteaudebeaucastel #pierredebeaucastel #crudebeaucastel — 3 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2015 / Very harmonious wine, spicy smell and smooth taste. Partnered with pheasant and sauerkraut. #gigondas #rhonewine — 6 years ago

Kevin M

8.9

2007 Gigondas from certified bio dynamic winemaker Montirius is a blend of 80% Grenache and 20% Mourvèdre. From bones planted in 1925 this medium body red shows delivers lots of red fruit, dried herbs, pepper with a dusty earthiness in the mouth. This wine spent no time in oak at all and seems to be at its peak now. Decent bottle at $24.95.
#vinrouge #montirius #gigondas #rhonewine #frenchred #terredesaines #southernfranceredwine #biodynamicwine — 8 years ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.1

A very nice example of a white #rhonewine with the body of the #roussanne and the all the richness and spice from #lees and #marsanne #jaboulet — 8 years ago

David Kline

9.2

Baked plum pudding, sweet cigar wrapper, leather, autumn leaves, light notes of bacon fat, pipe ash. Smoothest middle velvet mouthfeel. Olive wood, rosewood, chicory, dried black currant, dried black olive, cedar grill plank, cinnamon, bitter cherry, lavender, graphite. Deep and tasty. .
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#cornas #jeanluccolombo #jeanluccolombolesruchets #lesruchets #syrah #rhone #rhonewine #rhonevalley — 3 years ago

David Kline

9.0

Warm baguette with whipped butter and lemon. Artichoke, green tomato, grilled pineapple, smoky hog jowl on greens, pretzel dough, basil and capers are bursting from the glass in gaseous form. Medium mouthfeel, buttery and olive-briny, white mushroom, flat-citric lemon oil bordering on curd, and yellow wax beans with water chestnuts and almonds. Nice acidity keeps tho one from becoming sluggish. A full, round mouthful, with plenty to contemplate. Persistent and palate-coating. #CDP #chateauneufdupapeblanc #blanc #frenchwine #popewine #domainedessénéchaux #rhonewine — 7 years ago

with Courtney

Brian Boulden

9.0

Slight cantaloupe flavor in a nice full bodied blend. #rhonewine #wine — 8 years ago

Eric Guido

9.4

A more immediate expression of Les Quarts, the 2017 is jammed packed with fruit but oh so fresh. Masses of blackberry, garrigue, crushed stone and wood smoke rise up from the glass. It's silky and suave, displaying polished purple and blue berries, contrasted by sour citrus, with a note of sweet violet candies carried by juicy acids. While this doesn't have the depth of the best vintages, it's a pleasure-bomb of vibrant Grenache that maintains balanced throughout. #closducaillou #chateauneufdupape #grenache #rhonewine — 4 years ago

William Hughes

9.4

Happy Mother’s Day! 2010 and leg of lamb are a dream combo. Raymond Usseglio & Fils Cuvée Girard Châfeauneuf Du Pape. #weygandtwines #cdp #rhonewine #themotherofmychildrenisahottie — 7 years ago

David Kline

9.0

Inky wine from rim to rim. Charred boar ragout, marigolds and violets, in cedar planters. Chunky baker's chocolate baking, teak, black shoe polish, burnt mocha rye, mint in turned soil scribbled on by grape scented marker. Smoked plum, worm castings, raw chocolate, espresso grounds, graphite dust. Oak and pepper belched from an arcane volcanic sacrifice. Wood tannins mushroom and coat the tongue. Next year's harvest might be a lock with this kind of dark dedication. #crozeshermitage #crozes #rhonewine #syrah #purpleteetharesexy — 8 years ago

with Courtney