A bigger, richer wine in every way, the 2015 Condrieu Les Chaillees De L'Enfer is a seriously good, hedonistic beauty that's loaded with caramelized peach, hints of apricot, brioche and white flowers. It's a big, rich, powerful wine, yet it has terrific e...
Bottled at the end of June and brought up in new barrels, the blockbuster 2017 Condrieu La Doriane is up there with the cr?me de la cr?me, and just might be the wine of the vintage in the region. Stunning notes of buttered peach, cr?me br?l?e, white flowe...
Checking in as 80% Grenache and 10% each of Syrah and Mourvedre, from vines planted in 1936, the 2012 Cotes du Ventoux II Etait Une Fois had the Grenache brought up in a single foudre and a single concrete egg, and the Mourvedre and Syrah in new barrels. ...
Chave continues to make a full-throttle, concentrated and unctuous Hermitage Blanc, and refuses to buy into the ridiculous trend toward making Sauvignon Blanc-like whites from this tiny, magical terroir. God bless him for that and there are few whites I’d...
This starts with a generous feel, offering blueberry and plum reduction notes, but zips up nicely through the back end, picking up graphite and açai berry accents for added range and cut. Shows an alluring mint echo. Best from 2028 through 2040.