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Vinous (91)
The 2005 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Alexis Establet opens with a delicious minty streak accompanied by forest floor, tobacco and dried red fruits. Full-bodied, round and refreshing, the 2005 is a superbly-balanced, 20-year-old red Châteauneuf-du-Pape that stood the test of time. Clocks out with elegance and finesse. Drink now.Inc. VAT£544.01 -
(12x75cl) 2006Regarded as a gem in the crown of French viticulture, the Grand Tinel Chateauneuf Du Pape Alexis Establet 2006 is a testament to the revered winemaking prowess of Domaine Grand Tinel. Sourced from the Châteauneuf-du-Pape region, this vintage is composed mostly of Grenache grapes, harvested exclusively from an established, old-vine plot named Alexis Establet. The grapes are handpicked, impeccably sorted, and meticulously vinified in traditional fashion, expressing the region's quintessential terroir. The wine showcases full-bodied, expressive nuances of ripe red fruits, delicate spices, and hints of chocolate, effortlessly balancing power and elegance in harmony. The wine ageing takes place over 12 months in French oak barrels and uncovers a layered complexity that lingers on the palate. The Grand Tinel Chateauneuf Du Pape Alexis Establet 2006 is an exemplar of fine craftsmanship, making it a discerning choice for enthusiasts of prestigious Rhône wines.
Inc. VAT£558.06 -
Regarded as a gem in the crown of French viticulture, the Grand Tinel Chateauneuf Du Pape Alexis Establet 2006 is a testament to the revered winemaking prowess of Domaine Grand Tinel. Sourced from the Châteauneuf-du-Pape region, this vintage is composed mostly of Grenache grapes, harvested exclusively from an established, old-vine plot named Alexis Establet. The grapes are handpicked, impeccably sorted, and meticulously vinified in traditional fashion, expressing the region's quintessential terroir. The wine showcases full-bodied, expressive nuances of ripe red fruits, delicate spices, and hints of chocolate, effortlessly balancing power and elegance in harmony. The wine ageing takes place over 12 months in French oak barrels and uncovers a layered complexity that lingers on the palate. The Grand Tinel Chateauneuf Du Pape Alexis Establet 2006 is an exemplar of fine craftsmanship, making it a discerning choice for enthusiasts of prestigious Rhône wines.
Inc. VAT£493.61 -
(1x75cl) 2016Jeb Dunnuck (100)
The 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes is up with the crème de la crème of the vintage and in the same league as the perfect 2010. Awesome notes of blackberries, crème de cassis, charred meats, licorice, and violets all soar from the glass. It's powerful, opulent, and structured, with building tannin, a huge mid-palate, and a blockbuster finish, yet it never loses its sense of purity and elegance. It's an incredible achievement from this estate. The blend is 45% Grenache, 45% Mourvèdre, and 10% Syrah, all aged in 55% new French oak.Inc. VAT£132.25 -
Jeb Dunnuck (100)
The 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes is up with the crème de la crème of the vintage and in the same league as the perfect 2010. Awesome notes of blackberries, crème de cassis, charred meats, licorice, and violets all soar from the glass. It's powerful, opulent, and structured, with building tannin, a huge mid-palate, and a blockbuster finish, yet it never loses its sense of purity and elegance. It's an incredible achievement from this estate. The blend is 45% Grenache, 45% Mourvèdre, and 10% Syrah, all aged in 55% new French oak.Inc. VAT£570.80 -
Wine Advocate (96-98)
I was blown away by the prospective blend I tasted of the 2018 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes. Already delicious, it combines raspberries and cherries with vanilla cream and baking spices. Full-bodied, rich and velvety, it shows great length and freshness, ending in hints of garrigue and licorice.Inc. VAT£288.80 -
Jeb Dunnuck (99)
The 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Vieilles Vignes is based on 45% each of Grenache and Mourvèdre, with the balance Syrah, all destemmed and raised in 55% new French oak. Gorgeous cassis, violet, graphite, fruitcake, and peppery herbs define this brilliant effort, and it's full-bodied, with a pure, seamless texture, wonderful tannins, and one heck of a great finish. This magical 2019 is going to benefit from 4-5 years of bottle age (it's brilliant even today) yet keep for 20 years or more. Châteauneuf du Pape lovers need to have this in their cellar!Inc. VAT£755.21 -
Jeb Dunnuck (99)
The 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Vieilles Vignes is based on 45% each of Grenache and Mourvèdre, with the balance Syrah, all destemmed and raised in 55% new French oak. Gorgeous cassis, violet, graphite, fruitcake, and peppery herbs define this brilliant effort, and it's full-bodied, with a pure, seamless texture, wonderful tannins, and one heck of a great finish. This magical 2019 is going to benefit from 4-5 years of bottle age (it's brilliant even today) yet keep for 20 years or more. Châteauneuf du Pape lovers need to have this in their cellar!Inc. VAT£412.40 -
Vinous (94)
Pale yellow. Intensely mineral aromas of mirabelle, peach and melon, underscored by exotic spices. Explosively sweet but with a firm frame of acidity providing restraint and focus; the ripe fruit flavors take on notes of dried flowers and honey. The finish is full and broad, and leaves a sappy impression of concentrated, honeyed, spicy fruits, with striking minerality.Inc. VAT£361.73 -
The Grillet Chateau Grillet 2018 conveys the sublime ethos of a profound wine maker steeped in masterful, time-honoured traditions. Nestled in the heart of Northern Rhône, France, every bottle is a harmonious blend of Viognier grapes, evoking crisp, transcendent notes. Meticulously handpicked, the grapes undergo an intricate production process- fermented in French oak barrels and aged exquisitely to tease out compelling layers of depth and intensity. The wine rests on lees for an extended period, imparting a unique complexity with distinctive aromas and a plump, rich texture. Captivating the senses with its radiant golden hue, deftly interwoven are nuanced flavours of citrus fruits, honey, and white flowers to finish. This limited production white wine, made from a single estate, is a testament to Grillet’s consistent pursuit of perfection. The Grillet Chateau Grillet 2018 invites a profoundly unmatched wine experience designed to leave a lasting impression on the discerning palate.
Inc. VAT£943.19 -
Decanter (97)
A real burst of fresh apricot and peach, lemon verbena and green tea. This has the salt and power of Château-Grillet, the confit lemon peel on the finish, the salted nuts. Very full-bodied indeed, very rounded and long, but not massive, more spherical. You sense the alcohol, but it’s not unbalanced. 4,500 bottles produced.Inc. VAT£1,182.40 -
Vinous (98)
The 2020 Château-Grillet knocks it out of the park. Vinified from just-ripe fruit harvested between the 26th and 31st of August, it dazzles with outstanding purity and complexity. Fragrant linden blossom, chamomile and saffron mingle with white peach, apricot and cedar. Less oily and more delicate than in 2019, the 2020 Château-Grillet is built on finesse and intensity rather than power. Finely nuanced lemon peel, jasmine, melon and nutty hints add further layers to the delicious palate. The quintessential 2020 closes with an enticing phenolic grip on the lingering finish. 6,900 bottles produced.Inc. VAT£1,177.98 -
Vinous (93)
(one-third new oak) Pale green-hued gold. Powerful, mineral-tinged orchard fruit, melon and floral aromas are sharpened by notes of ginger and lemon zest. Concentrated pear, Meyer lemon and violet pastille flavors show a suave blend of richness and delicacy thanks to a spine of juicy acidity and a chalky mineral nuance. Closes minerally, taut and quite long, leaving a sexy floral note behind.Inc. VAT£990.24 -
Jeb Dunnuck (99)
Just about pure perfection and one of the finest Condrieu to pass my lips, the 2020 Condrieu La Doriane offers an insane bouquet of grilled pineapple, charcoal, crushed stone, acacia flowers, and white peach. It picks up an incredibly sense of salinity on the palate and is full-bodied, has blockbuster concentration, remarkable purity and focus, and a great finish. I like this beast/beauty today, but it will keep for a decade.Inc. VAT£551.98 -
Jeb Dunnuck (96)
Coming from five separate lieux-dits and brought up all in new oak, the 2021 Condrieu La Doriane brings another level of depth as well as complexity. Medium-bodied (as are just about all 2021s) and wonderfully balanced, with notable freshness, it has lots of white peach and honeyed stone fruits, a kiss of chalky minerality, nicely integrated acidity, and a touch of classy, perfectly balanced oak. It's a more chiseled, elegant expression of this cuvée that will drink brilliantly over the coming 5-7 years or more.Inc. VAT£628.78 -
Jeb Dunnuck (98)
The killer 2023 Condrieu La Doriane boasts gorgeous orange blossom, honeyed flowers, toasted spice, and grilled peach aromatics that build incrementally with time in the glass. Medium to full-bodied, focused, and pure, this brilliant effort spent 9 months in 100% new French oak and represents the crème de la crème of the vintage. I'd recommend drinking bottles over the coming 7-8 years, although it will keep longer. Drink 2025-2033.Inc. VAT£415.18 -
Inc. VAT£619.60 -
(2x75cl) 1976Inc. VAT£615.47 -
Inc. VAT£765.20 -
Vinous (95)
Inky ruby. Vibrant, spice-accented cherry and boysenberry scents are complicated by hints of black pepper, candied flowers and licorice. Supple and broad in the mouth, offering juicy red and blue fruit preserves, spicecake, olive paste and violet pastille flavors that tighten up steadily with air. The floral note repeats strongly on the clinging finish, which shows excellent clarity and velvety, slowly building tannins. There are almost a quarter-million bottles of this wine made in a typical vintage, by the way. 50% new oak.Inc. VAT£303.95 -
(6x75cl) 2020Wine Advocate (93)
Notes of dark berries, smoke, spices and chocolate, mingled with discreet hints of oak, preface the 2020 Côte-Rôtie Brune et Blonde, a medium- to full-bodied, dense and enveloping wine built around a structured chassis of ripe tannins and a deep, layered mid-palate. Generous and somewhat solar in style, it remains beautifully balanced, concluding with a long, resonant finish. This is a fine effort that will age gracefully over the next decade and beyond.Inc. VAT£433.87 -
Wine Advocate (99)
More closed than when I tasted it earlier this year, the 2010 Cote Rotie Chateau d’Ampuis is an incredible effort that’s made from 93% Syrah and 7% Viognier. Coming from the estate’s top sites and aged 38 months in new oak, it has no problem standing beside the top three single-vineyard releases. Crème de cassis, vanilla bean, smoked meats and licorice all flow to a full-bodied, beautifully concentrated, structured Cote Rotie that needs another 5-6 years of bottle age, but will keep for 2-3 decades.Inc. VAT£1,556.64 -
(3x75cl) 2010Wine Advocate (99)
More closed than when I tasted it earlier this year, the 2010 Cote Rotie Chateau d’Ampuis is an incredible effort that’s made from 93% Syrah and 7% Viognier. Coming from the estate’s top sites and aged 38 months in new oak, it has no problem standing beside the top three single-vineyard releases. Crème de cassis, vanilla bean, smoked meats and licorice all flow to a full-bodied, beautifully concentrated, structured Cote Rotie that needs another 5-6 years of bottle age, but will keep for 2-3 decades.Inc. VAT£494.76 -
(6x75cl) 2010Wine Advocate (99)
More closed than when I tasted it earlier this year, the 2010 Cote Rotie Chateau d’Ampuis is an incredible effort that’s made from 93% Syrah and 7% Viognier. Coming from the estate’s top sites and aged 38 months in new oak, it has no problem standing beside the top three single-vineyard releases. Crème de cassis, vanilla bean, smoked meats and licorice all flow to a full-bodied, beautifully concentrated, structured Cote Rotie that needs another 5-6 years of bottle age, but will keep for 2-3 decades.Inc. VAT£887.52 -
Wine Spectator (94)
Very focused, with a lovely beam of lightly steeped red currant, bitter cherry and plum fruit flavors that glides atop singed cedar, black tea and dried star anise notes. The long finish is very fine-grained. A gorgeous wine. Best from 2016 through 2027.Inc. VAT£1,074.24 -
Wine Advocate (95)
The 2012 Côte Rôtie Château d’Ampuis is a bigger, richer wine that offers full-bodied richness and a broad, expansive style on the palate. Black raspberries, toasted spices, cured meats and licorice all emerge from this incredibly sexy, complex and nuanced Côte Rôtie, and my notes finish with “wish I could drink a glass.” Enjoy bottles anytime over the coming 15 or more years.Inc. VAT£1,282.30 -
(6x75cl) 2012Wine Advocate (95)
The 2012 Côte Rôtie Château d’Ampuis is a bigger, richer wine that offers full-bodied richness and a broad, expansive style on the palate. Black raspberries, toasted spices, cured meats and licorice all emerge from this incredibly sexy, complex and nuanced Côte Rôtie, and my notes finish with “wish I could drink a glass.” Enjoy bottles anytime over the coming 15 or more years.Inc. VAT£813.95 -
(12x75cl) 2013Wine Spectator (95)
Solidly built, with a compact core of steeped currant and plum fruit flavors liberally laced with singed alder, leather and tar notes. Keeps a taut edge through the finish, as this is youthfully tight, with good, buried guts. Should unwind beautifully in the cellar. Best from 2020 through 2035.Inc. VAT£1,040.64 -
Jeb Dunnuck (97)
I loved the 2015 Côte Rôtie Château D'Ampuis from barrel, and this beauty does not disappoint from bottle. Coming from a handful of top sites, it’s made in the same fashion as the top La Las, seeing four years in new barrels. Deep purple-hued with a classic bouquet of black raspberries, jammy blackberries, acacia flowers, vanilla bean, and spice, it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a rounded, expansive mid-palate, sweet tannins, and a great, great finish. Savvy readers will stock up on this beauty. Give it 3-5 years and enjoy over the following two decades or more.Inc. VAT£563.52 -
Jeb Dunnuck (97)
I loved the 2015 Côte Rôtie Château D'Ampuis from barrel, and this beauty does not disappoint from bottle. Coming from a handful of top sites, it’s made in the same fashion as the top La Las, seeing four years in new barrels. Deep purple-hued with a classic bouquet of black raspberries, jammy blackberries, acacia flowers, vanilla bean, and spice, it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a rounded, expansive mid-palate, sweet tannins, and a great, great finish. Savvy readers will stock up on this beauty. Give it 3-5 years and enjoy over the following two decades or more.Inc. VAT£528.72
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Vinous (91)
The 2005 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Alexis Establet opens with a delicious minty streak accompanied by forest floor, tobacco and dried red fruits. Full-bodied, round and refreshing, the 2005 is a superbly-balanced, 20-year-old red Châteauneuf-du-Pape that stood the test of time. Clocks out with elegance and finesse. Drink now.In Bond£412.00 -
(12x75cl) 2006
Regarded as a gem in the crown of French viticulture, the Grand Tinel Chateauneuf Du Pape Alexis Establet 2006 is a testament to the revered winemaking prowess of Domaine Grand Tinel. Sourced from the Châteauneuf-du-Pape region, this vintage is composed mostly of Grenache grapes, harvested exclusively from an established, old-vine plot named Alexis Establet. The grapes are handpicked, impeccably sorted, and meticulously vinified in traditional fashion, expressing the region's quintessential terroir. The wine showcases full-bodied, expressive nuances of ripe red fruits, delicate spices, and hints of chocolate, effortlessly balancing power and elegance in harmony. The wine ageing takes place over 12 months in French oak barrels and uncovers a layered complexity that lingers on the palate. The Grand Tinel Chateauneuf Du Pape Alexis Establet 2006 is an exemplar of fine craftsmanship, making it a discerning choice for enthusiasts of prestigious Rhône wines.
In Bond£423.71 -
Regarded as a gem in the crown of French viticulture, the Grand Tinel Chateauneuf Du Pape Alexis Establet 2006 is a testament to the revered winemaking prowess of Domaine Grand Tinel. Sourced from the Châteauneuf-du-Pape region, this vintage is composed mostly of Grenache grapes, harvested exclusively from an established, old-vine plot named Alexis Establet. The grapes are handpicked, impeccably sorted, and meticulously vinified in traditional fashion, expressing the region's quintessential terroir. The wine showcases full-bodied, expressive nuances of ripe red fruits, delicate spices, and hints of chocolate, effortlessly balancing power and elegance in harmony. The wine ageing takes place over 12 months in French oak barrels and uncovers a layered complexity that lingers on the palate. The Grand Tinel Chateauneuf Du Pape Alexis Establet 2006 is an exemplar of fine craftsmanship, making it a discerning choice for enthusiasts of prestigious Rhône wines.
In Bond£370.00 -
(1x75cl) 2016
Jeb Dunnuck (100)
The 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes is up with the crème de la crème of the vintage and in the same league as the perfect 2010. Awesome notes of blackberries, crème de cassis, charred meats, licorice, and violets all soar from the glass. It's powerful, opulent, and structured, with building tannin, a huge mid-palate, and a blockbuster finish, yet it never loses its sense of purity and elegance. It's an incredible achievement from this estate. The blend is 45% Grenache, 45% Mourvèdre, and 10% Syrah, all aged in 55% new French oak.In Bond£107.00 -
Jeb Dunnuck (100)
The 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes is up with the crème de la crème of the vintage and in the same league as the perfect 2010. Awesome notes of blackberries, crème de cassis, charred meats, licorice, and violets all soar from the glass. It's powerful, opulent, and structured, with building tannin, a huge mid-palate, and a blockbuster finish, yet it never loses its sense of purity and elegance. It's an incredible achievement from this estate. The blend is 45% Grenache, 45% Mourvèdre, and 10% Syrah, all aged in 55% new French oak.In Bond£455.00 -
Wine Advocate (96-98)
I was blown away by the prospective blend I tasted of the 2018 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes. Already delicious, it combines raspberries and cherries with vanilla cream and baking spices. Full-bodied, rich and velvety, it shows great length and freshness, ending in hints of garrigue and licorice.In Bond£220.00 -
Jeb Dunnuck (99)
The 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Vieilles Vignes is based on 45% each of Grenache and Mourvèdre, with the balance Syrah, all destemmed and raised in 55% new French oak. Gorgeous cassis, violet, graphite, fruitcake, and peppery herbs define this brilliant effort, and it's full-bodied, with a pure, seamless texture, wonderful tannins, and one heck of a great finish. This magical 2019 is going to benefit from 4-5 years of bottle age (it's brilliant even today) yet keep for 20 years or more. Châteauneuf du Pape lovers need to have this in their cellar!In Bond£588.00 -
Jeb Dunnuck (99)
The 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Vieilles Vignes is based on 45% each of Grenache and Mourvèdre, with the balance Syrah, all destemmed and raised in 55% new French oak. Gorgeous cassis, violet, graphite, fruitcake, and peppery herbs define this brilliant effort, and it's full-bodied, with a pure, seamless texture, wonderful tannins, and one heck of a great finish. This magical 2019 is going to benefit from 4-5 years of bottle age (it's brilliant even today) yet keep for 20 years or more. Châteauneuf du Pape lovers need to have this in their cellar!In Bond£323.00 -
Vinous (94)
Pale yellow. Intensely mineral aromas of mirabelle, peach and melon, underscored by exotic spices. Explosively sweet but with a firm frame of acidity providing restraint and focus; the ripe fruit flavors take on notes of dried flowers and honey. The finish is full and broad, and leaves a sappy impression of concentrated, honeyed, spicy fruits, with striking minerality.In Bond£298.00 -
The Grillet Chateau Grillet 2018 conveys the sublime ethos of a profound wine maker steeped in masterful, time-honoured traditions. Nestled in the heart of Northern Rhône, France, every bottle is a harmonious blend of Viognier grapes, evoking crisp, transcendent notes. Meticulously handpicked, the grapes undergo an intricate production process- fermented in French oak barrels and aged exquisitely to tease out compelling layers of depth and intensity. The wine rests on lees for an extended period, imparting a unique complexity with distinctive aromas and a plump, rich texture. Captivating the senses with its radiant golden hue, deftly interwoven are nuanced flavours of citrus fruits, honey, and white flowers to finish. This limited production white wine, made from a single estate, is a testament to Grillet’s consistent pursuit of perfection. The Grillet Chateau Grillet 2018 invites a profoundly unmatched wine experience designed to leave a lasting impression on the discerning palate.
In Bond£776.00 -
Decanter (97)
A real burst of fresh apricot and peach, lemon verbena and green tea. This has the salt and power of Château-Grillet, the confit lemon peel on the finish, the salted nuts. Very full-bodied indeed, very rounded and long, but not massive, more spherical. You sense the alcohol, but it’s not unbalanced. 4,500 bottles produced.In Bond£975.00 -
Vinous (98)
The 2020 Château-Grillet knocks it out of the park. Vinified from just-ripe fruit harvested between the 26th and 31st of August, it dazzles with outstanding purity and complexity. Fragrant linden blossom, chamomile and saffron mingle with white peach, apricot and cedar. Less oily and more delicate than in 2019, the 2020 Château-Grillet is built on finesse and intensity rather than power. Finely nuanced lemon peel, jasmine, melon and nutty hints add further layers to the delicious palate. The quintessential 2020 closes with an enticing phenolic grip on the lingering finish. 6,900 bottles produced.In Bond£972.00 -
Vinous (93)
(one-third new oak) Pale green-hued gold. Powerful, mineral-tinged orchard fruit, melon and floral aromas are sharpened by notes of ginger and lemon zest. Concentrated pear, Meyer lemon and violet pastille flavors show a suave blend of richness and delicacy thanks to a spine of juicy acidity and a chalky mineral nuance. Closes minerally, taut and quite long, leaving a sexy floral note behind.In Bond£788.00 -
Jeb Dunnuck (99)
Just about pure perfection and one of the finest Condrieu to pass my lips, the 2020 Condrieu La Doriane offers an insane bouquet of grilled pineapple, charcoal, crushed stone, acacia flowers, and white peach. It picks up an incredibly sense of salinity on the palate and is full-bodied, has blockbuster concentration, remarkable purity and focus, and a great finish. I like this beast/beauty today, but it will keep for a decade.In Bond£440.00 -
Jeb Dunnuck (96)
Coming from five separate lieux-dits and brought up all in new oak, the 2021 Condrieu La Doriane brings another level of depth as well as complexity. Medium-bodied (as are just about all 2021s) and wonderfully balanced, with notable freshness, it has lots of white peach and honeyed stone fruits, a kiss of chalky minerality, nicely integrated acidity, and a touch of classy, perfectly balanced oak. It's a more chiseled, elegant expression of this cuvée that will drink brilliantly over the coming 5-7 years or more.In Bond£504.00 -
Jeb Dunnuck (98)
The killer 2023 Condrieu La Doriane boasts gorgeous orange blossom, honeyed flowers, toasted spice, and grilled peach aromatics that build incrementally with time in the glass. Medium to full-bodied, focused, and pure, this brilliant effort spent 9 months in 100% new French oak and represents the crème de la crème of the vintage. I'd recommend drinking bottles over the coming 7-8 years, although it will keep longer. Drink 2025-2033.In Bond£326.00 -
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(2x75cl) 1976In Bond£506.00
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Vinous (95)
Inky ruby. Vibrant, spice-accented cherry and boysenberry scents are complicated by hints of black pepper, candied flowers and licorice. Supple and broad in the mouth, offering juicy red and blue fruit preserves, spicecake, olive paste and violet pastille flavors that tighten up steadily with air. The floral note repeats strongly on the clinging finish, which shows excellent clarity and velvety, slowly building tannins. There are almost a quarter-million bottles of this wine made in a typical vintage, by the way. 50% new oak.In Bond£234.00 -
(6x75cl) 2020
Wine Advocate (93)
Notes of dark berries, smoke, spices and chocolate, mingled with discreet hints of oak, preface the 2020 Côte-Rôtie Brune et Blonde, a medium- to full-bodied, dense and enveloping wine built around a structured chassis of ripe tannins and a deep, layered mid-palate. Generous and somewhat solar in style, it remains beautifully balanced, concluding with a long, resonant finish. This is a fine effort that will age gracefully over the next decade and beyond.In Bond£342.27 -
Wine Advocate (99)
More closed than when I tasted it earlier this year, the 2010 Cote Rotie Chateau d’Ampuis is an incredible effort that’s made from 93% Syrah and 7% Viognier. Coming from the estate’s top sites and aged 38 months in new oak, it has no problem standing beside the top three single-vineyard releases. Crème de cassis, vanilla bean, smoked meats and licorice all flow to a full-bodied, beautifully concentrated, structured Cote Rotie that needs another 5-6 years of bottle age, but will keep for 2-3 decades.In Bond£1,260.00 -
(3x75cl) 2010
Wine Advocate (99)
More closed than when I tasted it earlier this year, the 2010 Cote Rotie Chateau d’Ampuis is an incredible effort that’s made from 93% Syrah and 7% Viognier. Coming from the estate’s top sites and aged 38 months in new oak, it has no problem standing beside the top three single-vineyard releases. Crème de cassis, vanilla bean, smoked meats and licorice all flow to a full-bodied, beautifully concentrated, structured Cote Rotie that needs another 5-6 years of bottle age, but will keep for 2-3 decades.In Bond£403.00 -
(6x75cl) 2010
Wine Advocate (99)
More closed than when I tasted it earlier this year, the 2010 Cote Rotie Chateau d’Ampuis is an incredible effort that’s made from 93% Syrah and 7% Viognier. Coming from the estate’s top sites and aged 38 months in new oak, it has no problem standing beside the top three single-vineyard releases. Crème de cassis, vanilla bean, smoked meats and licorice all flow to a full-bodied, beautifully concentrated, structured Cote Rotie that needs another 5-6 years of bottle age, but will keep for 2-3 decades.In Bond£721.00 -
Wine Spectator (94)
Very focused, with a lovely beam of lightly steeped red currant, bitter cherry and plum fruit flavors that glides atop singed cedar, black tea and dried star anise notes. The long finish is very fine-grained. A gorgeous wine. Best from 2016 through 2027.In Bond£858.00 -
Wine Advocate (95)
The 2012 Côte Rôtie Château d’Ampuis is a bigger, richer wine that offers full-bodied richness and a broad, expansive style on the palate. Black raspberries, toasted spices, cured meats and licorice all emerge from this incredibly sexy, complex and nuanced Côte Rôtie, and my notes finish with “wish I could drink a glass.” Enjoy bottles anytime over the coming 15 or more years.In Bond£1,030.00 -
(6x75cl) 2012
Wine Advocate (95)
The 2012 Côte Rôtie Château d’Ampuis is a bigger, richer wine that offers full-bodied richness and a broad, expansive style on the palate. Black raspberries, toasted spices, cured meats and licorice all emerge from this incredibly sexy, complex and nuanced Côte Rôtie, and my notes finish with “wish I could drink a glass.” Enjoy bottles anytime over the coming 15 or more years.In Bond£659.00 -
(12x75cl) 2013
Wine Spectator (95)
Solidly built, with a compact core of steeped currant and plum fruit flavors liberally laced with singed alder, leather and tar notes. Keeps a taut edge through the finish, as this is youthfully tight, with good, buried guts. Should unwind beautifully in the cellar. Best from 2020 through 2035.In Bond£830.00 -
Jeb Dunnuck (97)
I loved the 2015 Côte Rôtie Château D'Ampuis from barrel, and this beauty does not disappoint from bottle. Coming from a handful of top sites, it’s made in the same fashion as the top La Las, seeing four years in new barrels. Deep purple-hued with a classic bouquet of black raspberries, jammy blackberries, acacia flowers, vanilla bean, and spice, it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a rounded, expansive mid-palate, sweet tannins, and a great, great finish. Savvy readers will stock up on this beauty. Give it 3-5 years and enjoy over the following two decades or more.In Bond£451.00 -
Jeb Dunnuck (97)
I loved the 2015 Côte Rôtie Château D'Ampuis from barrel, and this beauty does not disappoint from bottle. Coming from a handful of top sites, it’s made in the same fashion as the top La Las, seeing four years in new barrels. Deep purple-hued with a classic bouquet of black raspberries, jammy blackberries, acacia flowers, vanilla bean, and spice, it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a rounded, expansive mid-palate, sweet tannins, and a great, great finish. Savvy readers will stock up on this beauty. Give it 3-5 years and enjoy over the following two decades or more.In Bond£422.00
Chateauneuf du Pape, in the Rhone, pioneered the Appellation Controlee system by drawing up the first rules in 1923 regulating production, providing a prototype for others. This regulated yields, alcohol levels and what grapes could be grown where. The Rhone has gone through a resurgence with more of its appellations distinctive identities being asserted and respected.
