Rhone Blends

92 points Jeb Dunnuck"Classic red and black fruits, peppery herbs, spice, and dried flower notes emerge from the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape, a ripe, sexy, rounded, traditional Châteauneuf du Pape that has medium to full-bodied richness, sweet...

93 points Wine Enthusiast"This wine is an even blend of Grenache, Syrah, Carignan and Mourvèdre. It offers a dynamic and layered palate of blackberry, rhubarb and cassis liquor over a persistent layer of dried cranberries, fines herbes and black...

94 points Jeb Dunnuck"Also terrific, with lots of cassis, jammy blackberries, crushed rocks, and pepper notes, the 2018 Côtes Du Roussillon Villages Latour De France Occultum Lapidem is medium to full-bodied, has wonderful purity of fruit, no hard...

91 points Wine Advocate"The 2019 Cotes du Rhone Villages Plan de Dieu is everything a good example from the region should be. It's fruity and direct without being simple, showing notes of red raspberries, sun-warmed stones and just hints of garrigue and...

Vinous Reverie NotesBlend: 75% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 5% Mourvèdre. The grapes come entirely from Cotes du Rhone Villages vineyards, in particular from Sablet, which borders Gigondas. Old vines ensure a full-bodied, broad and deeply-colored...

93 points Jeb Dunnuck"The 2019 Gigondas Les Murailles showed beautifully, with considerable elegance as well as a Provençal charm in its kirsch liqueur, blackberry, cedary garrigue, and loamy soil-like aromas and flavors. Medium to full-bodied and...

92 points Wine Enthusiast"This blend is satisfyingly rich and elegant. Bold aromas of candied red fruit and red flowers on the nose lead into a palate that is full of cassis, rhubarb and cola flavors, yet with a firm structure and long finish." 91...

94 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate"A terrific wine that harkens back to the 2016, the 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape delivers black cherries, blackberries and black olives, plus intriguing notes of garrigue. Full-bodied, rich and silky, it finishes long,...

90 points Robert Parker's Wine AdvocateAn 80-20 blend of Grenache and Mourvèdre, the 2019 Gigondas Tresor boasts hints of crushed stone and dried herbs set against a backdrop of raspberry fruit. It's only medium-bodied, with a silky feel, giving...

91 points Jeb Dunnuck"The larger production cuvée of the estate, the 2020 Rasteau has lots of black raspberry fruits as well as some exotic floral and orange blossom-like nuances. These carry to a medium-bodied, pretty, elegant Rasteau with...

91-93 points Jeb Dunnuck"Not yet bottled, the 2020 Côtes Du Rhône Villages Vaison-La-Romaine Romanaise is all Grenache brought up in used barrels. It has a cooler climate vibe in its bright strawberry, black raspberry, candied violets, and...

Vinous Reverie NotesThe Flying Solo range flies in the face of convention, shunning international varieties in favour of the typical Mediterranean Grenache grape which forms its backbone, blended with Syrah, Viognier or Cinsault. It celebrates the...