Red and black fruits, spice, garrigue. Prominent alcohol detracts from the finish. — 9 years ago
Nose: all the aromatic flavours of excellent Grenache first - then loads of spiciness, garrigue, elegant oak, roasted meat, black fruit (black currant, cherries)
Palate: very very fine and silky tannins, medium to high body, red/black fruit, nice oak, great complexity
(Avignon - Le Vin Devant Soi - enomatic) — 9 years ago
Fragrant nose, black fruits and garrigue. Full, fleshy body, broad and strong without being overbearing. Could use a few more years to settle but pretty good now. — 11 years ago
Crystalline character to the red fruit, and while this is a large wine there is very little sense of heaviness. No heat on the finish (this makes me giddy). Dusty fine Grenache tannins. Something feral and wild, sweet skunky earthiness (the garrigue manifests as a rosemary, tarragon, sweet fennel odor that is perfectly beguiling). What a regal Southern rhone wine; what a vintage! It will be so hard not to drink these and allow then to blossom! — 11 years ago
With grass fed bone in rib eye — 11 years ago
Ben likes it. Zebra — 13 years ago
Ganska sval upplevelse med en elegant rödbärighet. Betydligt mer drickbart nu än -13. Björnbär och garrigue. — 8 years ago
Very nice Rhone-style blend -- Syrah / Carignan / Grenache. Really enjoying with Christmas celebration! — 9 years ago
Deep baked dark fruit on the nose. Bloody and jammy in the mouth with lots of garrigue and afternotes of charred meat. A bit of green olive. — 10 years ago
Delicious wine. Bing cherry, ripe blackberry. Would have again. — 11 years ago
An earth driven nose with overtones of garrigue. This wine was terroir driven vs fruit driven. Compared to the other vintages I found this wine benefited the least from air. — 11 years ago
Cherry liqueur, blackberry compote, garrigue, dried tarragon, violets, green peppercorns, wet stones, clay. Vibrant rounded acidity, medium-full bodied, juicy-satin texture, mild rough velvet tannins, long herbal, fruity finish. Balanced fruit, earthy notes, wonderfully herbal on the palate. This one will be special with you extended cellaring time. Decanting recommended. — 8 years ago
Très belle Syrah, épicée, garrigue, olive noire, au nez.
En bouche beaucoup d'élégance, une finale longue.
Très beau vin que l'on prend beaucoup de plaisir à déguster dès aujourd'hui mais qui doit être intéressant à laisser vieillir, seul bémol le prix! — 9 years ago
Agree with the garrigue — 10 years ago
Garrigue herbs, floral notes and warm fruits with a touch of licorice. Great structure and medium tannins will allow for good aging. The 2011 vintage is more herbaceous and less fruit-forward than is past years, and still too young - took an age of decanting to get it to shine. Dont open yet - hold. Lots of potential. — 11 years ago
Europe 2014 — 11 years ago
Grande franchise, joli fruit, garrigue, fluide. — 11 years ago
Jay Kline

Brambles, garrigue. Lovely already. 2015 is a vintage to go deep on CdP. — 8 years ago