Rhône
The Rhône Valley, located in southeastern France, is renowned for its exceptional fine wines. With its diverse terroir, rich history, and dedication to quality winemaking, the Rhône Valley offers a captivating selection of wines that embody the region's elegance, complexity, and distinctive character.
The Rhône Valley boasts its own iconic vineyards and wineries, including Château de Beaucastel, Domaine Guigal, and Chapoutier, which are celebrated for producing exceptional wines that showcase the region's unique terroir and winemaking expertise.
The Rhône Valley is renowned for its red wines, particularly in the northern part of the region. Syrah reigns as the dominant grape variety, producing intense and structured wines. Appellations such as Côte-Rôtie, Hermitage, and Cornas are known for their robust and age-worthy reds, often displaying notes of black fruits, spice, and earthiness. Famous vineyards such as La Landonne, La Mouline, and Les Bessards are revered for their exceptional expressions of Syrah.
In the southern Rhône Valley, Grenache takes centre stage, contributing to the region's bold and fruit-forward red blends. The renowned appellation of Châteauneuf-du-Pape is famous for its rich and full-bodied red wines, often featuring a blend of Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvèdre. Vineyards like Château de Beaucastel, Clos des Papes, and Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe produce remarkable wines that showcase the region's commitment to excellence.
The Rhône Valley is also celebrated for its white wines, particularly in the northern part of the region. Viognier, Marsanne, and Roussanne are the key grape varieties, producing aromatic and complex whites. Appellations like Condrieu and Hermitage produce exceptional white wines known for their floral aromas, stone fruit flavors, and vibrant acidity.
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Rhone | 9 | 95 (VN) |
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€303.73 |
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Vinous (95)Brilliant ruby. An exotically perfumed bouquet evokes fresh raspberry and boysenberry, potpourri, floral oils and smoky minerals. Lively, palate-staining red and dark berry and floral pastille flavors are complicated by powerful spice and mineral notes that expand with air. Closes on a gently tannic note, showing outstanding clarity and excellent mineral-driven persistence and leaving sweet dark berry notes behind. |
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Rhone | 3 | 98 (WA) |
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€303.73 |
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Wine Advocate (98)Even better than last year, the recently bottled 2017 Cote Rotie La Cote Blonde was singing when I tasted it back in July. Floral and berry notes accent mocha-tinged aromas in this medium to full-bodied wine. It's silky, long and intense, with a couple of decades of life ahead of it. It's simply difficult to describe the waves of savory complexity this wine now shows, coupled with a succulent texture and tremendous length. |
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Rhone | 5 | 97-99 (WA) |
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€303.73 |
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Wine Advocate (97-99)The most tannic of the "big three" bottlings this year, the 2018 Cote Rotie la Cote Blonde features elegant hints of mixed herbs entwined around bold boysenberry fruit. It's medium to full-bodied, with plentiful fine-grained tannins that firm up on the long finish. Embryonic, but oh so promising, it should blossom in another five years or so. |
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Rhone | 4 | 95+ (WA) |
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€602.53 |
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Wine Advocate (95+)While the Cote Blonde gives me a touch of concern, I've no such reservations with the 2013 Cote Rotie Cote Brune, which comes from a parcel previously owned by Marius Gentez, which was replanted by Rene in 2000. Upfront, expressive and complex aromatically with sensational notes of black fruits, plums, violets, peach pit and orange blossom, this beauty hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a loaded mid-palate and building tannin -- all of which suggest it will benefit from short term cellaring. This beauty will have 20-25 years of longevity. This was another terrific visit with Rene Rostaing, and he's hit gold in both 2012 and 2013. In fact, he may have fashioned the wines of the vintage in 2013 and I was blown away by the depth and richness these showed. There are few people doing Côte Rôtie better than this guy. |
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Rhone | 2 | 99 (WA) |
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€602.53 |
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Wine Advocate (99)Have I shortchanged Rostaing's incredible 2017 Cote Rotie Cote Brune? Swirling notes of roses, herbal tea and lavender potpourri impart kaleidoscopic complexity on the nose, while the medium to full-bodied palate is creamy-ripe in texture yet silky, lithe and downright sexy. Firm tannins on the lengthy finish leave a lasting impression of longevity, of restrained intensity that should carry this wine at least two decades into the future. |
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Rhone | 5 | 98 (VN) |
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€602.53 |
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Vinous (98)Dark purple color. Hugely perfumed, mineral-accented black and blue fruit preserve, exotic spice, espresso, olive, smoked meat and incense aromas show superb clarity and pick up hints of mocha and candied licorice with aeration. Sweet, chewy and penetrating in the mouth, offering densely packed boysenberry, cherry liqueur, fruitcake, bacon and espresso flavors and a touch of salty olive paste. Shows outstanding energy on the strikingly long finish, which features youthfully gripping tannins and resonating floral, blue fruit and smoky mineral qualities. Made with whole clusters. |
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Rhone | 4 | 91+ (VN) |
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€351.29 |
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Vinous (91+)Good deep red. Reticent nose offers roasted raspberry, brown spices, woodsmoke, pepper and tapenade. Powerful and rather closed; much less approachable today than the basic bottling, showing more oak and a strong acid spine. Pure and linear. Best today on the long, subtle, perfumed aftertaste. This needs at least five years in the cellar. |
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Rhone | 15 | 94 (WA) |
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€350.53 |
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Wine Advocate (94)The 2005 Cote Rotie La Landonne (8,500 bottles) offers the scorched earth, bacon fat, tapenade, and black fruits that come from this northern site in Cote Rotie. Tannic, superbly concentrated, and beginning to close down, this is a big mouthful of classic wine meant for long-term cellaring. Give it 4-5 years of bottle age and drink it over the following two decades. |
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Rhone | 5 | 94 (VN) |
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€350.53 |
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Vinous (94)Bright ruby. Black and blue fruits on the nose and palate, with an array of spice and floral qualities adding dimension. Rich but very lively, with impressive intensity and concentration but no sense of heaviness. Supple tannins add shape to the extremely long finish, which features notes of star anise, candied violet and cracked pepper. |
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Rhone | 9 | 96 (WA) |
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€350.53 |
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Wine Advocate (96)The prodigious 2010 Cote Rotie La Landonne reveals a dense purple color along with a huge, impressive perfume of roasted meats, black currants, black raspberries and scorched earth. This 100% Syrah comes from vines planted on exceptionally steep slopes composed of schist and iron-like sub-soils. Some graphite also makes an appearance in this mineral-dominated, well-delineated, rich, intense wine. |
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Rhone | 3 | 95-97+ (JD) |
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€283.33 |
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Jeb Dunnuck (95-97+)A bigger, richer, more brooding wine, the 2017 Côte Rôtie La Landonne boasts stunning (and classic La Landonne) aromas and flavors of black fruits, smoked meat, and scorched earth. Full-bodied, beautifully concentrated, and structured, this is one of the few 2017s that’s going to really demand cellaring. |
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Rhone | 3 | 97 (VN) |
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€323.69 |
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Vinous (97)Opaque ruby. Displays an array of intensely perfumed, mineral-accented black and blue fruit, floral, botanical herb and exotic spice aromas, along with suggestions of licorice, smoked meat and olive. Shows serious depth as well as unlikely energy, offering palate-staining kirsch, cassis, bitter chocolate, olive paste and violet pastille flavors that slowly turn sweet and become more energetic through the back half. Youthfully gripping tannins add grip to the smoky, mineral- and spice-driven finish, which emphatically repeats the licorice and blue fruit notes. |
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Rhone | 3 | 95 (VN) |
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€231.73 |
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Vinous (95)Inky ruby. Intensely perfumed dark berry, cherry compote, incense and floral aromas are sharpened by suggestions of smoky minerals and peppery spices. Chewy and focused on the palate, offering impressively concentrated bitter cherry, blueberry and violet pastille flavors that show outstanding clarity and mineral lift. Densely packed but energetic as well, showing superb closing thrust, building tannins and powerful, mineral-driven persistence. |
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Rhone | 3 | - |
Inc. TAX
€231.73 |
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Rhone | 1 | 100 (WA) |
Inc. TAX
€603.29 |
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Wine Advocate (100)A rock-star 1999 that's drinking at point (like most wines in the vintage today), it should continue to evolve nicely going forward. Shockingly good, the 1998 Chateauneuf du Pape le Secret du Sabon tastes like a hypothetical blend of the 2007 and the 2001. Powerful, massive, concentrated and beautifully ripe, it offers notions of kirsch, currants, peppered meats, Asian spice and licorice in its seamless, yet voluptuous and hedonistic personality. It's a crazy good bottle of wine that could be considered over-the-top by some, but who cares when it's this good? If I had bottles, I'd line them up for drinking as you don't want to miss this beauty while it's drinking at point. |
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Rhone | 1 | 94 (VN) |
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€218.09 |
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Vinous (94)Inky ruby. Displays sexy, oak-spiced dark berry and cherry aromas, along with notes of vanilla and violet. Impressively lush and sappy in the mouth, with appealing sweetness to its black raspberry and candied plum flavors. As rich as this may be, it shows bright, tangy freshness and energy. Finishes very long, broad and sweet, with intense spiciness and lingering florality. |
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Rhone | 2 | 95 (VN) |
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€678.16 |
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Vinous (95)Inky ruby. Deeply pitched black and blue fruit aromas are complicated and enlivened by notes of white pepper, allspice and smoky minerals, with a suave floral nuance slowly emerging. Broad, seamless and alluringly sweet, offering palate-coating boysenberry and violet pastille flavors and suggestions of spicecake and cola. Clings with superb tenacity and focus on the floral finish, which is framed by silky, even tannins. |
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Rhone | 2 | 92 (VN) |
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€903.29 |
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Vinous (92)Dark purple. Explosively perfumed aromas of vibrant raspberry, blueberry and Asian spices are complemented by a subtle mineral undertone. Racy red and dark berry flavors pack serious punch but show no hard edges or excess weight. Impressive for its combination of elegance and power, and balanced to age. |
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Rhone | 1 | 92-94 (VN) |
Inc. TAX
€567.29 |
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Vinous (92-94)#1) from old vines in Combard-Mollard: Deeply pitched aromas of cassis and blueberry, with notes of licorice and dark chocolate. Powerful and structured, with deep dark fruit liqueur flavors and suave florality. #2) from Cote Rozier: Energetic and spicy, with potent red and dark fruit flavors and notes of floral pastille and blood orange. Sweeter and darker with air, with impressive finishing cling and alluring sweetness. |
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Rhone | 4 | - |
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€912.89 |
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Experience the exceptional Yves et Mathilde Gangloff Cote Rotie La Sereine Noire 2011. This French gem originates from the prestigious Rhône Valley, produced by the skilled hands of Yves and his wife Mathilde Gangloff. With a small annual output, this duo's wines are both scarce and highly coveted. 'La Sereine Noire' - 'The Black Queen' - boasts splendid Syrah grapes nurtured on mica-schist soils. Each step of production exudes detailed attention, from manual harvests to fermentation in wooden vats. Immerse your senses in elegant layers of dark fruit, intertwined with a striking mineral backbone. A decade of maturation enhances the wine's complexity, heightening the interplay between savoury elegance and vibrant acidity. Savour the impeccable balance, silky tannins, and a lengthy finish. Truly, the Yves et Mathilde Gangloff Cote Rotie La Sereine Noire 2011 embodies the epitome of artisan winemaking, heralding a wine of extraordinary class. |
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Rhone | 2 | 97 (VN) |
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€534.14 |
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Vinous (97)Saturated ruby color. Displays an array of ripe black and blue fruit and floral aromas that are accompanied by suggestions of sandalwood, candied flowers and exotic spices. Broad and fleshy but energetic as well, offering palate-staining, spice-accented blueberry, cherry-cola, salty olive and candied violet flavors that show excellent clarity. Lingers with superb tenacity and youthful tannic grip, leaving hints of smoky minerals and dark berry preserves behind. |
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Rhone | 9 | 95 (VN) |
In Bond
€250.00 |
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Vinous (95)Brilliant ruby. An exotically perfumed bouquet evokes fresh raspberry and boysenberry, potpourri, floral oils and smoky minerals. Lively, palate-staining red and dark berry and floral pastille flavors are complicated by powerful spice and mineral notes that expand with air. Closes on a gently tannic note, showing outstanding clarity and excellent mineral-driven persistence and leaving sweet dark berry notes behind. |
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Rhone | 3 | 98 (WA) |
In Bond
€250.00 |
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Wine Advocate (98)Even better than last year, the recently bottled 2017 Cote Rotie La Cote Blonde was singing when I tasted it back in July. Floral and berry notes accent mocha-tinged aromas in this medium to full-bodied wine. It's silky, long and intense, with a couple of decades of life ahead of it. It's simply difficult to describe the waves of savory complexity this wine now shows, coupled with a succulent texture and tremendous length. |
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Rhone | 5 | 97-99 (WA) |
In Bond
€250.00 |
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Wine Advocate (97-99)The most tannic of the "big three" bottlings this year, the 2018 Cote Rotie la Cote Blonde features elegant hints of mixed herbs entwined around bold boysenberry fruit. It's medium to full-bodied, with plentiful fine-grained tannins that firm up on the long finish. Embryonic, but oh so promising, it should blossom in another five years or so. |
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Rhone | 4 | 95+ (WA) |
In Bond
€499.00 |
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Wine Advocate (95+)While the Cote Blonde gives me a touch of concern, I've no such reservations with the 2013 Cote Rotie Cote Brune, which comes from a parcel previously owned by Marius Gentez, which was replanted by Rene in 2000. Upfront, expressive and complex aromatically with sensational notes of black fruits, plums, violets, peach pit and orange blossom, this beauty hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a loaded mid-palate and building tannin -- all of which suggest it will benefit from short term cellaring. This beauty will have 20-25 years of longevity. This was another terrific visit with Rene Rostaing, and he's hit gold in both 2012 and 2013. In fact, he may have fashioned the wines of the vintage in 2013 and I was blown away by the depth and richness these showed. There are few people doing Côte Rôtie better than this guy. |
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Rhone | 2 | 99 (WA) |
In Bond
€499.00 |
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Wine Advocate (99)Have I shortchanged Rostaing's incredible 2017 Cote Rotie Cote Brune? Swirling notes of roses, herbal tea and lavender potpourri impart kaleidoscopic complexity on the nose, while the medium to full-bodied palate is creamy-ripe in texture yet silky, lithe and downright sexy. Firm tannins on the lengthy finish leave a lasting impression of longevity, of restrained intensity that should carry this wine at least two decades into the future. |
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Rhone | 5 | 98 (VN) |
In Bond
€499.00 |
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Vinous (98)Dark purple color. Hugely perfumed, mineral-accented black and blue fruit preserve, exotic spice, espresso, olive, smoked meat and incense aromas show superb clarity and pick up hints of mocha and candied licorice with aeration. Sweet, chewy and penetrating in the mouth, offering densely packed boysenberry, cherry liqueur, fruitcake, bacon and espresso flavors and a touch of salty olive paste. Shows outstanding energy on the strikingly long finish, which features youthfully gripping tannins and resonating floral, blue fruit and smoky mineral qualities. Made with whole clusters. |
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Rhone | 4 | 91+ (VN) |
In Bond
€289.00 |
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Vinous (91+)Good deep red. Reticent nose offers roasted raspberry, brown spices, woodsmoke, pepper and tapenade. Powerful and rather closed; much less approachable today than the basic bottling, showing more oak and a strong acid spine. Pure and linear. Best today on the long, subtle, perfumed aftertaste. This needs at least five years in the cellar. |
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Rhone | 15 | 94 (WA) |
In Bond
€289.00 |
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Wine Advocate (94)The 2005 Cote Rotie La Landonne (8,500 bottles) offers the scorched earth, bacon fat, tapenade, and black fruits that come from this northern site in Cote Rotie. Tannic, superbly concentrated, and beginning to close down, this is a big mouthful of classic wine meant for long-term cellaring. Give it 4-5 years of bottle age and drink it over the following two decades. |
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Rhone | 5 | 94 (VN) |
In Bond
€289.00 |
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Vinous (94)Bright ruby. Black and blue fruits on the nose and palate, with an array of spice and floral qualities adding dimension. Rich but very lively, with impressive intensity and concentration but no sense of heaviness. Supple tannins add shape to the extremely long finish, which features notes of star anise, candied violet and cracked pepper. |
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Rhone | 9 | 96 (WA) |
In Bond
€289.00 |
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Wine Advocate (96)The prodigious 2010 Cote Rotie La Landonne reveals a dense purple color along with a huge, impressive perfume of roasted meats, black currants, black raspberries and scorched earth. This 100% Syrah comes from vines planted on exceptionally steep slopes composed of schist and iron-like sub-soils. Some graphite also makes an appearance in this mineral-dominated, well-delineated, rich, intense wine. |
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Rhone | 3 | 95-97+ (JD) |
In Bond
€233.00 |
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Jeb Dunnuck (95-97+)A bigger, richer, more brooding wine, the 2017 Côte Rôtie La Landonne boasts stunning (and classic La Landonne) aromas and flavors of black fruits, smoked meat, and scorched earth. Full-bodied, beautifully concentrated, and structured, this is one of the few 2017s that’s going to really demand cellaring. |
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Rhone | 3 | 97 (VN) |
In Bond
€266.00 |
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Vinous (97)Opaque ruby. Displays an array of intensely perfumed, mineral-accented black and blue fruit, floral, botanical herb and exotic spice aromas, along with suggestions of licorice, smoked meat and olive. Shows serious depth as well as unlikely energy, offering palate-staining kirsch, cassis, bitter chocolate, olive paste and violet pastille flavors that slowly turn sweet and become more energetic through the back half. Youthfully gripping tannins add grip to the smoky, mineral- and spice-driven finish, which emphatically repeats the licorice and blue fruit notes. |
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Rhone | 3 | 95 (VN) |
In Bond
€190.00 |
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Vinous (95)Inky ruby. Intensely perfumed dark berry, cherry compote, incense and floral aromas are sharpened by suggestions of smoky minerals and peppery spices. Chewy and focused on the palate, offering impressively concentrated bitter cherry, blueberry and violet pastille flavors that show outstanding clarity and mineral lift. Densely packed but energetic as well, showing superb closing thrust, building tannins and powerful, mineral-driven persistence. |
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Rhone | 3 | - |
In Bond
€190.00 |
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Rhone | 1 | 100 (WA) |
In Bond
€499.00 |
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Wine Advocate (100)A rock-star 1999 that's drinking at point (like most wines in the vintage today), it should continue to evolve nicely going forward. Shockingly good, the 1998 Chateauneuf du Pape le Secret du Sabon tastes like a hypothetical blend of the 2007 and the 2001. Powerful, massive, concentrated and beautifully ripe, it offers notions of kirsch, currants, peppered meats, Asian spice and licorice in its seamless, yet voluptuous and hedonistic personality. It's a crazy good bottle of wine that could be considered over-the-top by some, but who cares when it's this good? If I had bottles, I'd line them up for drinking as you don't want to miss this beauty while it's drinking at point. |
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Rhone | 1 | 94 (VN) |
In Bond
€178.00 |
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Vinous (94)Inky ruby. Displays sexy, oak-spiced dark berry and cherry aromas, along with notes of vanilla and violet. Impressively lush and sappy in the mouth, with appealing sweetness to its black raspberry and candied plum flavors. As rich as this may be, it shows bright, tangy freshness and energy. Finishes very long, broad and sweet, with intense spiciness and lingering florality. |
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Rhone | 2 | 95 (VN) |
In Bond
€562.00 |
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Vinous (95)Inky ruby. Deeply pitched black and blue fruit aromas are complicated and enlivened by notes of white pepper, allspice and smoky minerals, with a suave floral nuance slowly emerging. Broad, seamless and alluringly sweet, offering palate-coating boysenberry and violet pastille flavors and suggestions of spicecake and cola. Clings with superb tenacity and focus on the floral finish, which is framed by silky, even tannins. |
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Rhone | 2 | 92 (VN) |
In Bond
€749.00 |
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Vinous (92)Dark purple. Explosively perfumed aromas of vibrant raspberry, blueberry and Asian spices are complemented by a subtle mineral undertone. Racy red and dark berry flavors pack serious punch but show no hard edges or excess weight. Impressive for its combination of elegance and power, and balanced to age. |
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Rhone | 1 | 92-94 (VN) |
In Bond
€469.00 |
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Vinous (92-94)#1) from old vines in Combard-Mollard: Deeply pitched aromas of cassis and blueberry, with notes of licorice and dark chocolate. Powerful and structured, with deep dark fruit liqueur flavors and suave florality. #2) from Cote Rozier: Energetic and spicy, with potent red and dark fruit flavors and notes of floral pastille and blood orange. Sweeter and darker with air, with impressive finishing cling and alluring sweetness. |
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Rhone | 4 | - |
In Bond
€757.00 |
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Experience the exceptional Yves et Mathilde Gangloff Cote Rotie La Sereine Noire 2011. This French gem originates from the prestigious Rhône Valley, produced by the skilled hands of Yves and his wife Mathilde Gangloff. With a small annual output, this duo's wines are both scarce and highly coveted. 'La Sereine Noire' - 'The Black Queen' - boasts splendid Syrah grapes nurtured on mica-schist soils. Each step of production exudes detailed attention, from manual harvests to fermentation in wooden vats. Immerse your senses in elegant layers of dark fruit, intertwined with a striking mineral backbone. A decade of maturation enhances the wine's complexity, heightening the interplay between savoury elegance and vibrant acidity. Savour the impeccable balance, silky tannins, and a lengthy finish. Truly, the Yves et Mathilde Gangloff Cote Rotie La Sereine Noire 2011 embodies the epitome of artisan winemaking, heralding a wine of extraordinary class. |
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Rhone | 2 | 97 (VN) |
In Bond
€442.00 |
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Vinous (97)Saturated ruby color. Displays an array of ripe black and blue fruit and floral aromas that are accompanied by suggestions of sandalwood, candied flowers and exotic spices. Broad and fleshy but energetic as well, offering palate-staining, spice-accented blueberry, cherry-cola, salty olive and candied violet flavors that show excellent clarity. Lingers with superb tenacity and youthful tannic grip, leaving hints of smoky minerals and dark berry preserves behind. |
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