Cellar/Tasting Notes "The deep ruby/purple-tinged, tank-aged 2010 Cotes du Rhone St.-Esprit (70% Syrah and 30% Grenache) offers notes of roasted herbs, black cherries, licorice and pepper. This delicious red represents terrific value."
Cellar/Tasting Notes Our best-selling entry level Bordeaux for over a decade, the chateau produces a Merlot-based wine, cherried, supple, fruit-intensive and marvelously enjoyable when young.
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Rated, but no tasting note given.Although these wines are normally reviewed by my colleagues David Schildknect in his Languedoc-Roussillon and Alsace reports and Lisa Perrotti-Brown in her reviews of Australian wines, I tasted them during my visit with Chapoutier, so I will include them in this..
Cellar/Tasting Notes This excellent Bordeaux Bargain is owned by Gerard and Chantal Perse of Chateau Pavie and is a perennial overachiever.
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Perhaps the finest Vacqueyras I have ever tasted from Chateau des Roques, the 2009 reveals copious black currant and sweet cherry notes intermixed with notions of smoked herbs and earth. Composed of 70% Grenache, 15% Syrah and 15% Mourvedre aged in foudre and tank, ... creamy texture and..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Fine floral, mineral, spicy Cabernet blackfruit aromas... impressive, mouthfilling, palate coating, classic Bordeaux Cabernet flavors... handsome claret at an eminently affordable price."
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Clean and fresh with excellent purity and a lovely touch of minerality, I was completely taken with the charm, bouquet and flavor of this superb Burgundian Chardonnay. It is a delicious white wine bargain with a delicate nature and has the scent and taste of elegant Puligny Montrachet. I drink it..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "A light smoky note weaves in and out, with blanched almond, white peach and straw flavors lingering nicely through the stone-tinged finish. A textbook Pouilly-Fume, with length and precision..."
Cellar/Tasting Notes "From Grenache with a bit of Carignan and roughly one-third matured in larger cask, the Bila-Haut 2009 Cotes du Roussillon-Villages Lesquerde L'Esquerda is grown on granitic soil in the town - high up above the Agly and west of Maury - for which it is named, and where Chapoutier has taken-on..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "This possesses uncommon subtlety and finesse, showing delicate strawberry aromas and a fine silken texture. The wine's creaminess is held firmly in place by prominent acidity."