96 points Jeb Dunnuck"A step up, the 2014 Syrah Rodgers Creek Vineyard is a blockbuster effort that reminds me of a good vintage of the Côte Rôtie La Mouline from Guigal. Awesome notes of incense, lavender, bacon fat, and spring flowers gives...

90 points Burghound"Relatively airy aromas include notes of matchstick, green apple and a whiff of muscat. The rich, plump and solidly voluminous medium weight flavors are generously proportioned yet punchy, all wrapped in a clean and dry finish. This...

Vinous Reverie NotesJancis Robinson - Wine of the Week"Two years ago we ran a competition to rename Château Goubau, the Castillon estate bought by Jacques Thienpont and his sister in 2016. The name that was finally chosen, L’Hêtre,...

Jancis Robinson"40% Bourboulenc, 20% Grenache Blanc, 20% Roussanne, 20% Marsanne. Old bushvines on the hard limestone screes of La Clape. Hand-picked, 100% de-stemmed, slow-press, gravity-fed into vats. Varieties vinified separately. Grenache, Roussanne...

Vinous Reverie NotesJancis Robinson - Wine of the Week"A (hypothetical) red Condrieu from the masters of the appellation.One of wine's greatest pleasures is discovering a declassified wine which is every bit as good as the real thing. This week's Syrah...

96 points Wine Spectator"Gorgeous, with a core of raspberry and plum pâte de fruit flavors spilling forth in wave after wave, but still harnessed in the end by deeply embedded acidity and racy graphite notes. The finish is fueled by extra singed...

94 points Jeb Dunnuck"From a terrific vineyard on the southern side of Saint Joseph, the 2016 Saint Joseph Les Royes offers more finesse and elegance, with awesome notes of cassis, crushed violets, pepper, and spring flowers. Showing terrific minerality...

93 points James Suckling"Distinctive, cool-climate aromas of red berries, pepper, toasted spices, bacon fat and cocoa, sitting in fresh, complex mode. The palate is elegant, fine and fresh with long, silky tannins delivering fresh red-plum and blackberry...

93 points James Suckling"Perfumed aromas of white peaches, lily and beeswax. Medium-bodied with oily texture. Rather supple with very good concentration. Mineral with an almost saline character. Pure, transparent and crystal clear. From vines that are up...

94 points Jeb Dunnuck"Coming from higher elevation granite soils and just about all Syrah, the 2018 Côtes Du Roussillon Villages Lesquerde L'Esquerda offers stunning granite character with its cassis and black raspberry fruit intermixed with lots...

91 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate"The 2019 Côtes du Roussillon Bastide Miraflors is a blend of 70% Syrah (vinified as whole bunches and aged in 20% new demi-muids) and 30% Grenache (destemmed and aged in concrete). Hints of peppery spice,...

93 points James Suckling"This is very floral, with lots of violets, together with such attractive blueberries, blackcurrants, cherries, terra cotta and fresh herbs. The palate is very intense, with rich, fine tannins that have supple texture and bright,...