Doug Powers

9.3

Lovely, sweet mature fruit (dried redfruits), there might be a touch of Brett (but less than the 1995 Beaucastel I posted last week), suave and complex on the palate, lingering finish, excellent Chateauneuf-du-Pape at its peak!! — a month ago

with Jim

Pinotman /// Andreas

8.9

Rated highly (wherever 93 points). I found this wine OK but not oh boy that is the white CdP i need to store. It was easy drinking now. Almond blossoms and Jasmine…. — 3 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

Vintage 2010 | a treat — 3 months ago

Andrew Schirmer

9.1

Maturing, rich. Needs a bit of air & food. — 4 months ago

Mark Rosse

9.2

A bit beyond its peak. Still soft and sexy — 5 months ago

Serena Wu

10

Golden hues, honey and wax and apricot in the nose , lovely and complex on the palate. 2005 vintage on June 2025 — 6 months ago

with Brad

Matt Perlman

9.2

This was a by-the-glass favorite at the Loire property where we stayed. Biodynamic Pinot d’Aunis. Lots of wild red berries complicated by earthy, peppery and floral tones — 8 months ago

Paul Barnes

9.0

Incredibly interesting wine. — 9 years ago

Thomas Tuffy-Joao

9.0

Caramel on the nose. Dark berries and a long finish on the palate. Great Chateau-neuf. — 10 years ago

Mike Reis

Cicerone Monk's Kettle & Abbot's Cellar, Beer Writer SeriousEats

9.1

Jura night continues — 12 years ago

with Olivia

Richard Portes

9.5

18. Light gold. Honeyed. Lovely on back palate. V long . Same class as Chapoutier Le Meal blanc. — 2 months ago

Michael Dierberg

9.8

Tasting with a big fan of Rayas. Better than the 2010 and both bottles were so different than other CDP. This one more Burgundy, the 2010 closer to Bordeaux. Both very elegant. — 2 months ago

with JiaMin

Carissa Herman

8.9

aged beautifully — 3 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.3

Blend of 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot and 6% Cabernet Franc, deep Ruby with aromas of dark fruits, smoke and flinty notes, aged 40% new French oak. On the palate flavors of blackberry and black cherry with cacao, cedar, espresso and spicy notes. Lively acidity, firm dusty tannins, medium+ finish ending with fruit, tobacco and spicy oak. Needs a little more time in bottle. — 3 months ago

Matt Ragan

9.3

Leathery, deep, delish — 3 months ago

Dick Schinkel

9.6

From Magnum ! — 5 months ago

Joe Christenson

9.0

White flowers, strawberry, rhubarb, white peach. Medium bodied with structured acidity. Lovely on a hot day but has enough heft to pair well with salmon pasta. — 6 months ago

Jan A

9.4

Round and mellow — 7 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.6

1989 vintage. Decent fill and cork. Not decanted. Powdery, not chunky, sed. Tasted after 3.5 hours open. Light-medium body. Nose and flavors kept up the intensity in complete harmony. Special. Well-stored examples should yield similar pleasure for another 5-6 years. 03.29.25. — 9 months ago

Michael Meyer

9.0

Better on second night; but RP must've had something completely different. — 10 years ago

Piya Charanjiva

9.1

Lovely, light, refreshing — 11 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

2013 vintage. Nice fill. Excellent cork. No Durand needed. Decanted with some sed and tasted multiple times over the course of two hours. Origin story medium-heavy body now a light-medium body but with zero loss of color intensity. Primary flavors completely evacuated with secondary and tertiary flavors rushing in to fill the nature-abhorred vacuum. Initially, pretty bretty and likely too much for many...especially those not enamored with/used to such. Black olives, garrigue and cracked black pepper throughout mitigated the sweaty saddle and in serious leather (apologies to Frank Zappa) tendencies in the first hour. Overt, bretty notes dissipated after 45 minutes, This particular wine and vintage at the zenith/absolute top of its' particular bell curve and tastes like it can hover there another 5-6 years without drop-off or apology. 10.28.25. — 2 months ago

Joe DAscoli

9.2

Used the Durand on the cork - soaked to the edge. Decanted for 2 hours.

This wine had some gaminess. Smooth. Fruit was a bit wild and overpowered by the savory flavors.

Paired well with the chicken skewers and onions. Needed complex flavors in the food to pair well.

Good but quite a bit below the Beaucastel — 3 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.3

Blend of 80% Mourvèdre, 15% Grenache and 5% Cinsault, deep Ruby red color with aromas of ripe dark fruits, dried herbs and earthy spice. On the palate flavors of blackberry, ripe black cherry and currants with black pepper, cacao and earth notes, vivid acidity nice structure. Fine tannins, long finish ending with fruit and herb spice character. Good now. Will age! — 3 months ago

Ann Elizabeth Mekala

10

This was stunning. May have been my favorite bottle I’ve ever had.

Hay, butterscotch, spiced apple. Just magical. — 4 months ago

Vasudev Vadlamudi

8.9

Better on the second day — 5 months ago

romo

9.1

Sixteen-year south Rhône white with staying power. — 6 months ago

Bob McDonald

9.3

A lovely tarry note initially amongst the red fruits. On the medium weight palate sweet and savoury red fruits. Love CdP from a good year like this one. 70% Grenache, 15% Mourvèdre, 10% Cinsault and the remaining 5% split between Muscardin, Counoise and Vaccarese. Completely destemmed and fruit driven. Soft pliant tannins. — 8 months ago

Deb Dellaposta

9.1

Bruised apple, baked peaches and pears with honeyed wariness and chamomile tea. Very nice acidity. — 6 years ago

with Ryan and Chris

Pascaline Lepeltier, MS

Master Sommelier, Wine Director Rouge Tomate New York

9.0

2008 - dark gold when opened, and muted. Required a good hour to blossom. but maybe one of the most evolved bottle I had. — 11 years ago

with Alex