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The name Laurence Féraud will surely catch the eye of serious Rhône fans. Laurence and her father, Paul, own the famed Pégau estate in Chateauneuf du Pape. Her "Sélection Laurence Féraud" Read More...
label does not include any fruit from the Pégau Estate, instead the "Séguret" comes from the vineyard of a family friend who used to sell his fruit to the local co-op. This is a fragrant and layered Cotes du Rhône mixing a pot-pourri of dried flowers and Provençal herbs with hints of pure red fruit. The palate revolves these beautiful aromatics around a core of red raspberry fruit and gingery spice. Quite tasty and pure in style!
$16.99
ROBERT PARKER 88-90 POINTS: "The star of this line-up in terms of value is the 2010 Cotes du Rhone Mon Coeur, a blend of Syrah and Grenache primarily Read More...
from the southern Rhone (i.e., Vinsobres, Rasteau and Cairanne). This dense ruby/purple-colored, rich 2010 reveals kirsch and black currant fruit intermixed with notions of spice box, pepper and meat. Luscious and round, it is ideal for drinking over the next 5-6 years."
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Mathieu Dumarcher is an artisan grower whose wines are strikingly delicious, dynamic expressions of the southern Rhone Valley. He farms 12 acres without pesticides, herbicides, or Read More...
chemical fertilizers, harvests by hand, and makes several cuvees from low yields with a bare minimum of intervention. Neither fined or filtered, this wine is rich yet wonderfully fresh.
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ROBERT PARKER 89-91 POINTS - "The deep ruby/purple-tinged, tank-aged 2010 Cotes du Rhone St.-Esprit (70% Syrah and 30% Grenache) offers notes of roasted herbs, Read More...
black cherries, licorice and pepper. This delicious red represents terrific value."
$12.99
Vignobles Michel Gassier joins our ancestral estates in a single desire: make captivating wines that express the essence of our grapes and their terroirs that nourish them. Currently Read More...
in conversion to organic farming, our Rhône valley vineyards are counselled by Philippe Cambie. Discover award winning wines that express the passion of their wine maker at Château de Nages and Domaine de Molines. In the northern Vaucluse, on the right bank of the Rhône River lies the village of Visan where the legendary mistral winds of Provence sweep over the vines. The Latin name for these north-northwest winds is CERCIUS – the defining feature and raison d’être for partners Michel Gassier, Philippe Cambie and Eric Solomon to launch this new project. Between the brisk winds and an elevation of 1200 feet, the grapes’ freshness is protected and then preserved during vinification in concrete tanks.
ROBERT PARKER 89 POINTS - "The 2011 Cercius Rouge Vieilles Vignes is a blend of 85% Grenache and 15% Syrah aged completely in concrete tanks. This is a big wine, especially for a 2011, tipping the scales at 14.5% alcohol, with some Grenache lots actually higher. Sweet kirsch liqueur intermixed with notions of smoky camphor and roasted meats are followed by a powerful as well as elegant, opaque purple-colored wine with deep fruit, medium to full body and a long finish. With abundant glycerin and fresh, it is a sexy red to enjoy over the next 2-3 years."
ROBERT PARKER 89 POINTS - "The 2011 Cercius Rouge Vieilles Vignes is a blend of 85% Grenache and 15% Syrah aged completely in concrete tanks. This is a big wine, especially for a 2011, tipping the scales at 14.5% alcohol, with some Grenache lots actually higher. Sweet kirsch liqueur intermixed with notions of smoky camphor and roasted meats are followed by a powerful as well as elegant, opaque purple-colored wine with deep fruit, medium to full body and a long finish. With abundant glycerin and fresh, it is a sexy red to enjoy over the next 2-3 years."
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This is based on Grenache, making up roughly 70% of the blend. The remainder is more or less equal parts Syrah (the old small-berried Serine variety) and Mourvèdre. The Grenache vines Read More...
are over 100 years old; the Syrah was planted in 1972-73, while the Mourvèdre was planted in 1962-63. This wine is aged in older Burgundy barrels. Production varies between 250-450 cases.
$21.95
A gentle Syrah nose with damson and mulberry fruit. The palate is soft and has hints of white pepper over warm fresh-picked Victoria plums. Fine tannins, well balanced acidity and Read More...
a clean finish.
$34.99
ROBERT PARKER 92 POINTS: "Once again, an inky/purple color as well as notes of graphite, licorice, white chocolate, espresso, creme de cassis and blackberries Read More...
soar from the glass of the 2010 Crozes-Hermitage Cuvee Gaby. Tightly-knit but loaded with potential as well as promise, it should be forgotten for several years and consumed over the following 15+."
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WINE SPECTATOR 90 POINTS - "Solid, tarry grip runs through the blackberry, black currant and bramble notes, with good drive and focus on the finish, Read More...
where bitter cherry and tobacco fill in. Drink now through 2015. 300 cases imported." –JM
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WINE SPECTATOR 02 POINTS: "An inviting warm cocoa note gives way quickly to piercingly pure damson plum, raspberry and blackberry fruit notes. Lots Read More...
of charcoal and tar flavors mark the racy finish, which has grip but is integrated and accessible now, thanks to mouthwatering acidity. Drink now through 2018. 100 cases imported." –JM
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ROBERT PARKER 93 POINTS: "The 2010 Crozes-Hermitage Domaine de Thalabert, which I raved about last year, is slightly better than their brilliant 2009. Read More...
It boasts a dense purple color along with a beautiful perfume of camphor, licorice, forest floor, black currants and Christmas fruitcake. With tremendous intensity, full body and supple tannins, it should drink well for 10-15 years, perhaps longer where well-stored. This cuvee is always one of the best buys in the Northern Rhone."
$41.99
ROBERT PARKER 91 POINTS: "The fresh, lively 2010 Crozes-Hermitage Mule Blanche Blanc exhibits attractive notes of citrus, white peaches and buttered Read More...
nectarines in its medium-bodied, zesty personality. This impressive white should be flexible with an assortment of cuisines."
$47.99
ROBERT PARKER 91-93 POINTS - "While it is a beauty, it is eclipsed by the 2009 Crozes-Hermitage Le Clos, which is a limited production offering that Read More...
is only produced in top vintages. Aged 100% in small French oak, it exhibits a striking minerality as well as copious notes of cassis, acacia flowers, licorice, herbs and spice. Combining power, intensity and elegance, this full-bodied 2009 should drink well for 12-15+ years."
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WINE ADVOCATE 92 -
"The exceptional 2009 Crozes-Hermitage is one of the top wines of the vintage. A complex bouquet of black olives, licorice, Read More...
ground beef, spring flowers and red and black currants soars from the glass of this 100% Syrah that is aged in 3-year-old barrels as well as larger foudres. With remarkable density, this evolved, approachable, delicious, full-bodied Crozes should drink well for a decade."
INTERNATIONAL WINE CELLAR 91 - "Deep ruby. Ripe, deeply smoky aromas of black and blue fruits and candied flowers. Dense, ripe and appealingly sweet in the mouth, but sappy blackberry and violet pastille flavors that show impressive energy. Finishes on a peppery note, with excellent clarity and suave, harmonious tannins."
INTERNATIONAL WINE CELLAR 91 - "Deep ruby. Ripe, deeply smoky aromas of black and blue fruits and candied flowers. Dense, ripe and appealingly sweet in the mouth, but sappy blackberry and violet pastille flavors that show impressive energy. Finishes on a peppery note, with excellent clarity and suave, harmonious tannins."
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WINE ADVOCATE 90 - 92
"The 2009 Crozes-Hermitage Blanc is made from an identical blend and has an identical upbringing. It exhibits much deeper Read More...
fruit (bordering on tropical) in addition to abundant minerality as well as white currant, quince and citrus blossom characteristics. It is an impressive, medium to full-bodied white to enjoy over the next 2-3 years."
INTERNATIONAL WINE CELLAR 91 "Light yellow. Powerful, pungent aromas of pear skin, orange, bee pollen and dried flowers, with a gingery overtone. Deep pitched but lively, offering broad citrus and orchard fruit flavors and a chalky mineral quality. Closes with very good clarity and nervy, mineral-laced persistence. I suspect that this wine will age gracefully."
WINE SPECTATOR 90 "Textbook Northern Rhône white, offering a plum feel at the core, with peach and melon notes, offset by a lightly bitter, racy edge of blanched almond, salted butter and dried chamomile. Long, stone-tinged finish. Very tasty. Drink now through 2013."
INTERNATIONAL WINE CELLAR 91 "Light yellow. Powerful, pungent aromas of pear skin, orange, bee pollen and dried flowers, with a gingery overtone. Deep pitched but lively, offering broad citrus and orchard fruit flavors and a chalky mineral quality. Closes with very good clarity and nervy, mineral-laced persistence. I suspect that this wine will age gracefully."
WINE SPECTATOR 90 "Textbook Northern Rhône white, offering a plum feel at the core, with peach and melon notes, offset by a lightly bitter, racy edge of blanched almond, salted butter and dried chamomile. Long, stone-tinged finish. Very tasty. Drink now through 2013."
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Wine Advocate - "Kim and Robert Cripps (who are based just west of Montpellier, not near the town of Poujols as might in haste be mistakenly inferred) have rendered a 2009 Podio Alto – Read More...
a blend of Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvedre aged in various sizes and ages of barrels – that offers a bright and for its vintage unusually tart-edged amalgam of red raspberry and strawberry, with smoky, pungently herbal, tar-like and resinous accents. A bit rustically tannic and warm, it nonetheless clings with impressive tenacity and should prove useful over at least the next 2-3 years."
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Laurent de Besombes, half-way through his law studies, realised that his real interest and passion was wine, and since 2001 has managed the family vineyard. He decided to put aside Read More...
the 25 best hectares in order to dedicate the most promising soils and vines for developing Domaine Singla wines. The process has also involved replacing all synthetic pesticides with natural controls, as well as carrying out short pruning and ‘green harvesting’. The vines are at their best when yielding 15 to 20hL per hectare, so the objective is to produce less wine but of higher quality, each plot being vinified separately to secure the distinctive elements of the terroir.
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