Up in the top handful of wines in the vintage (which should come as no surprise to anyone who follows this estate), the 2012 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes is a full-bodied, beautifully concentrated, rich and layered Chateauneuf that doesn't put a foot wrong. Made from 85% Grenache, 10% Mourvedre and the rest Syrah, it offers blockbuster notes of blackberry, liquid-violets, spice and serious minerality to go with awesome mid-palate depth and layers of sweet tannin... Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Sean Genn
Black raspberry, iron and spice. Starting to enter a nice drinking window and should continue to improve over the next 5-10 years.
Black raspberry, iron and spice. Starting to enter a nice drinking window and should continue to improve over the next 5-10 years.
9.2Ryan Mullins
Perfect carne asada wine. Cumin, date cake, olives, rosemary and figs. Super rich but fine textured. Open and wonderful.
Perfect carne asada wine. Cumin, date cake, olives, rosemary and figs. Super rich but fine textured. Open and wonderful.
9.6Sam Coturri
Winery Sixteen 600, Enterprise Vineyards and the Moon Mountain District
Bold, clean, fruit forward. This is fun to drink but kinda formulaic, probably a function of its youth. Great wine to drink now but will probably continue to get more interesting with age.
Bold, clean, fruit forward. This is fun to drink but kinda formulaic, probably a function of its youth. Great wine to drink now but will probably continue to get more interesting with age.
9.0Eunsun Chang
With octopus and patatas
With octopus and patatas
9.0Carla Frederick
Delicious treat shared with treasured friends
Delicious treat shared with treasured friends
9.4C Riviere
Starting to soften up and enter its drinking window.
Starting to soften up and enter its drinking window.
9.4Ryan Key
Meat with barely there mature fruit. A bit of char? So good.
Meat with barely there mature fruit. A bit of char? So good.
9.2Pav Lvovsky
Awesome cdp.
Awesome cdp.
9.5Christopher Nettuno
Just plain awesome!
Just plain awesome!
9.3James Hallett
Insanely ripe. Definitely a modern CDP
Insanely ripe. Definitely a modern CDP
9.1WARNING: DRINKING DISTILLED SPIRITS, BEER, COOLERS, WINE AND OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MAY INCREASE CANCER RISK, AND, DURING PREGNANCY, CAN CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS.