Conrad Green

9.6

Dark and brooding…. Bramble plummy fruit with iron and a spiciest. Great texture and purity salinity and dark cherry. Complex and detailed and very savory. Great stuff. A long life ahead still. — a year ago

with BOT, Brad and 3 others

Lee Pitofsky

9.5

Wow, what a beauty. Decanted for 2 hours, intensely aromatic, precise and energetic showing black raspberries, candied red cherries, flowers, hints of orange peel and packed with minerals. Finishes with exceptional length. The tannins are present and firm but the wine’s superb balance along with the combination of Fourrier’s style and the ripe vintage make it in a wonderful place now and with a certainty to improve with age. — 6 years ago

Charles Ludwig

9.3

Beautiful expressions of red cherries, tart blueberries, red and violet florals and ample cinnamon and clove spice. — 8 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.4

Still youthful garnet color. Almost opaque. Fruit forward nose with notes of black cherry, rhubarb, brambly brush, moist earth and a little menthol. Fruit matches the acidity and delivers amazing balance. Another 96 that seems to have come around. A few years the acidity was too much to handle, but now it’s got a nice balance. — 8 years ago

Ben Lehman

9.2

Great texture and juiciness with just enough seriousness. Herbs, spice, tomato. — 10 years ago

James Webb

9.0

The quintessential chocolate pairing. — 11 years ago

Michael Morris

Wine Director The Park Café

9.5

Great stuff. Definitely needs air. Like chili, it's even better on day 2 — 12 years ago

Kit H

9.2

2007
I've been extremely impressed with this house recently. It really deserves more attention. — 12 years ago

Puerto Rico Wine News

9.0

1999 vintage. Elegant to the bone. Pair it with grilled argentine sweetbreads. Cheers! — 13 years ago

W

Texas distributor

9.7

Total funk/garrigue on the nose, ripe strawberries, fennel seed, sweet cassis. Full bodied (for burg), screaming acidity, gorgeous mineral finish. — 14 years ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.4

2013 vintage. The second wine of La Chapelle, that is now named " Maison Bleue", but an excellent wine in its own right. At 9 years old this is absolutely gorgeous with an expressive nose of blackberries, wild flowers, pepper and leather, enhanced by a subtle smokiness. In the mouth it combines power with elegance, with pure fruit, subtle spices, silky tannins and great length. Terrific value if the mythical La Chappelle doesn't fit your budget. Abv. 13,5% — 4 years ago

Aravind A

9.5

I love this cuvee. I was worried that 09 was too forward of a vintage for this wine, but that was silly. On the nose: vanilla cream, sweet lemon chiffon, airy wet stone...fantastically lifted aromatically. On the palate, lovely acidty, baked apple, lemon custard, caramel, soft mousse, a touch of oxidative copper, and a very clean, finish. Absolutely lovely champagne. — 6 years ago

Manuel O. Mendez

9.3

My new favorite! — 8 years ago

Robert Munroe

9.0

Not quite as good as I thought it would be but, still great. — 8 years ago

Alex T.

9.0

Hints of fruit and an earthy flavor. Good for a sunny afternoon. — 10 years ago

Michele Smith

Sommelier/Wine Director Brooklyn Fare

9.8

Jean-Louis Dutraive — 11 years ago

Patrick Ballow

Consultant Dallo Enterprises

9.2

This is the Blanc. Beautiful texture and weight to complement the citrus/herbs flavor combo. De-fuckin-lish. — 11 years ago

Ron Siegel

8.9

Earth, sweet strawberry, floral, leather, clove, acid keeps it fresh tasting, light in texture. I would drink up — 12 years ago

Justin Recktenwald

9.5

The quintessence — 12 years ago

Rebecca Hopkins

PR Folio Fine Wine Partners

9.3

Thanks Gianpaolo for a new discovery & dear friends @1760sf @angrysomm @scoldilocks — 13 years ago

Joe Weinberger

9.0

Not as pepper-driven as previous vintage I’ve tasted but still enjoyable and highly quaffable. — 4 years ago

Jeff Singer

8.9

Great value — 5 years ago

HFly

9.5

Bright crunchy fruits right out of the gates. Terrific tension and acidity. Excellent wine and blew away (and felt stylistically different) than a ‘14 we tried alongside it. — 7 years ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.6

Can’t get stop going after ‘15 Burgundy. Here, from one of region’s elite and from the fabulous Combe aux Moines vineyard, deeply flavored and beautifully perfumed, ripe black cherries, red raspberry, exotic spices and damp earth. The texture is luxurious and supple and the finish is long and seductive. 🔥 — 8 years ago

Neal Krishna Devaraj

9.4

In Bordeaux tasting. Incredibly bright floral. Lingers beautifully. — 9 years ago

Kevin Cahoon

9.0

Juicy Grenache dominate aromas with red raspberry, strawberry and red cherry fruit. The nose has a nice herbal edge with notes of fresh and dried thyme plus a hint of soy. The wine has a plush mouthfeel with silky tannins. There is good acidity to buffer the fruit and a nice sense of minerality. — 10 years ago

Bethany D'Meza

9.3

Love his juice — 11 years ago

Sarah Brannan

9.2

A delicious wine that should show even more in the next few years. With notes of kirsch and black currant, this soft, but complex wine is delicious. It has slight herbaceous undertones that round out the fruit forwardness. Probably one of the better Chat. Du Papes from this vintage. — 12 years ago

Jonathan Lipsmeyer

9.4

Soy, white pepper, aircraft carrier of big plum jam and cranberry, a touch of heat on the finish, gentle allusions to leather, long way to go but good juice — 12 years ago

Tom Higgins

Owner/Winemaker Heart & Hands Wine Company

9.8

Layers of love. Raspberry, dark cherry, currant, mild notes of clove and leather. Nuances of strawberry, continue through the palate and the finish is silky and lengthly. — 13 years ago