Alex Lallos

Owner No Limit Fine Wines, Private Wine Consultant

8.9

Old world, backward, earthy and tannic to start.
Reminded me young cdp like pegau. Needed time to open up and once it did nite as singing with notes of coffee, sage, anise, and dark red fruits on the nose. — 3 years ago

Tegan Marriott

9.1

Brambleberry, sanguine, a little underbrush. This was better on the 2nd day. Flavors became more pronounced! — 4 years ago

Michael Dierberg

9.3

This was the consensus favorite against Pegau Reservee same vintage. Both great and elegant. — 6 years ago

with JiaMin

B

10

Magnum 2001 Domaine Dujac Clos de la Roche burgundy. Lunch at T house w B&ML M and L&M T. We love this wine, tho it unfortunately paled in comparison to the '03 Domaine du Pegau Chateauneuf du Pape. — 7 years ago

Gilbert Van Hassel

9.3

2005 vintage extremely tasty. Tastes great and this wine has another 20 years of life. No doubt a superb effort but I am very worried. Just like Bordeaux is no longer claret, rayas is no longer a delicate wine. Rayas was a delicate, subtle, light colored, feminine wine. It has become high alcohol, big color, masculine wine. Very good but I miss the elegance. Has Emanuelle Reynaud listened too much to RP. We don't need another Pegau. Rayas was just fine as it was. — 8 years ago

Robin Ralls

9.0

Had a little pegau-like funk thing going on. — 8 years ago

Paul Boguszewski

9.7

Pegau meets Torbreck Steading. Glorious GSM. — 8 years ago

Leslie Bartos

9.5

2006 SQN Raven on 8/1/15 at the Lanes for a Rhone Tasting. Stewed dark fruits & spices; delicious fruit with a lovely mouthfeel and a nice finish. WOTN slightly beating a 2006 Guigal Cote Rotie Ampuis and a 2000 Pegau Reserve which were tied for 2nd. Fun night! — 9 years ago

with Tony

Bill Bender

9.5

Pop and pour and ready to go from jump. Silky smooth, balanced and classy. Fantastic expression of CDP and a real surprise for me because I haven't enjoyed this maker this much in the past. I grabbed it tonight instead of a Pegau and I'm glad I did. — 9 years ago

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.3

Join venture pegau and les cailloux they have had this label now for over 10 years — 10 years ago

Timothy Hixson

9.0

2016 perfect — 4 years ago

Michael Phillips

9.3

Maybe on the down side. Some dried fruit some soft tannins — 4 years ago

Timothy Eustis

Wine Director, Red Lion Inn

9.8

My first case purchases were Dom Pegau and Beaucastel, ‘98s. I was a complete novitiate, but I loved Châteauneuf-du-Pape. This is the last of those. I was sure it wouldn’t show well. Boy was I wrong. This is elegant and gorgeous. Soft and delicate. Loads of tertiary development but not of that pruney too-old-you-should-have-opened-this-earlier stuff. As emotional a glass of wine as I’ve had. Brilliant. 98 for a ‘98. — 4 years ago

Raymond Arnaudo

9.1

Lovely tart rose' — 7 years ago

William Goldsmith

9.1

Warmth of the vintage a little too strong here. Didn't stand up to the Pegau — 8 years ago

with Craig

Rick Baumgarten

9.3

Very solid CdP. Was able to successfully follow an '06 Pegau. Nuff said. — 8 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.9

Pegau Cuveé Inpiration 2010 !!!
Only 240 Magnum !! — 8 years ago

Richard Steinberg

9.3

2010. Not a lot of notes from me in the long tasting. It was up against 07 Pegau which I could put down. Very enjoyable though. — 9 years ago

with Jeffrey, David and 2 others

Eric Ponton

9.0

I like the licorice flavor, reminds me a Domaine de Pegau or a Santa Duc
— 9 years ago

Ian Blackburn

8.9

Dark mocha- Brown sugar - concentrated red/ruby fruits, mouthwatering but borderline jammy - oak tannins seem to provide the structure - 91 points - lost to Pegau 1997 CNDP (13 to 9) but may not have been a fare fight:: France vs California by learnaboutwine.com 5.25.14 #delectable #wine — 10 years ago

Bryan Kesting

8.9

Some recent porch pounders — 4 years ago

Byron Hewett

9.1

Darker in color than the Charvin and Pegau. (More Syrah, Mourvèdre and some new oak) Tasty, but the oak detracts a bit. — 4 years ago

LM Segal

9.7

A standout that got better with every sip. Rich and velvety. Bacon fat and smoked meats. Seamless. For most of the group this edged out a punching-above-its-weight ‘04 Pegau. Perfect extraction and pronounced woodsy tannins suggest 10-20 more years of evolution. — 5 years ago

Weijie Shi (Jay)

8.9

Red fruits dominate, with a lot of game, bacon component and a crush of black pepper. Very different from the Pegau one I've had before. This is very approachable, gentler than Gigondas. 2010 vintage — 7 years ago

Jeffrey Lew

10

About last night... What started out as a BDX dinner got hijacked by this. OMG this was amazing. My last bottle and meant to drink next to the 03 Pegau. Blew away the field IMO, and was a heavy crowd. Dark, multidimensional and amazing balance, fruit and finish. So much better than the bottle I shared a few months back. Every now and then you catch a wine in its perfect apex. Finally caught this one. I don't give out dimes that much. This gets one. 10 — 8 years ago

Steve Anderson

9.2

Wine gods smiled on me today and led me to Everyday Wines in Marquette. Nice small shop where I was surprised to find Perrin, Pegau, Morgon and Muscadet. Looks like I will make it through the weekend after all. 🙏 — 8 years ago

LM Segal

9.3

Smack where CdPs cross over to Burgundy. Floral but meaty nose, big and soft, blueberry and shrooms. Wet earth and ghosts of tannin. Not a Pegau but cost 1/3rd as much 14 years ago. This is why I love old, well-made CdP. — 9 years ago

Paul Boguszewski

9.8

Full of fat juicy filthy Grenache. Really great vanilla and cherries. 2nd best CNDP I've had after Domaine Pegau. — 9 years ago

Doug Powers

9.4

Lovely older Grenache, this saw barriques (I think?) so is more rounded than the two 1989 CdPs we drank it with (Pegau and Les Cailloux), nice juice. — 9 years ago

John Livingston

9.0

nice juicy, easy, well made CDR from winemaker of Domaine de Pegau. — 10 years ago