| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| White |
2005 Aubert Chardonnay Lauren Estate VineyardSonoma Coast more |
3/29/2012 - cr84 wrote: 98 pointsGoing Over New Amsterdam's Wall: An Injection of Great Stuff; 3/28/2012-4/1/2012 (New York City, New York, US): This was a wine I loved for its straightforward greatness. It had a very fat and tasty nose of candied lime and citrus. The mouth was full of mango, pear and caramel. |
| White |
2005 Aubert Chardonnay Lauren Estate VineyardSonoma Coast more |
11/26/2011 - cr84 wrote: 97 pointsIts sexy gold allure hid a closed yet nutty start. Five minutes of oxygenation revealed most of the wine. Its intensely heavy legs paired its beautiful peachy and mineral mouth. This Lauren 2005 became more and more powerful while evolving on notes of dried nuts and transforming its fat into a humid sous-bois complex. |
| Red |
2005 Domaine la Barroche Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée RéserveRed Rhone Blend more |
1/12/2013 - cr84 wrote: 87 pointsIt's beautiful on its robe and nose but it's green and undeveloped. Nice wine but doesn't worth the money... |
| Red |
2005 Domaine la Barroche Châteauneuf-du-Pape Pure RougeGrenache more |
4/20/2013 - cr84 wrote: 99 pointsPffff……. what a wine!! Beforehand, it’s note worthy to say that this wine doesn’t give any hints on the fact that it’s 8 years old and coming from this particular vintage. A literal candy in the mouth, this was young, frehs, with its load of zan and most importantly mara des bois (to a degree of concentration one cannot imagine). Back to its nose, it’s stunningly concentrated, shouting “Here and Now!”. Sasha, who brought the wine from California on this very day, told me this was the wine which made him fall in love with Grenache. Because this showing is nothing but universally great, I would guess that it can even make some people fall in love with Wine in general, even just Art. 99 points |
| Red |
2010 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
2/17/2013 - cr84 wrote: 95 pointsThe nose is hidden but dense, revealing quite a lot of power in the second nose- the dress is well concentrated. Definitely multidimensional; although it is an awesome effort, my bet is to wait until it has its power transformed into finesse. (95+ points) |
| Red |
2007 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
11/24/2011 - cr84 wrote: 96 pointsA very fine wine. Nose made of pressed red berries, particularly raspberry. A beautiful grenat glass. The legs are unusually heavy for a Chateauneuf du Pape. A slight synesthesia of aromas joined by some pepper and an acidic background: it is gorgeous. A more complex final still developing berries. It is multidimensional. The soft tannins are melted in this structure. It is definitely ample |
| Red |
2003 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
2/11/2013 - cr84 wrote: 89 pointsVery diluted but fresh and lively, this is quite simple and basic, without the body of a great wine. It does seem on the out track, past prime. |
| White |
2009 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape BlancWhite Rhone Blend more |
9/1/2012 - cr84 wrote: 97 pointsExtremely creamy and unctuous, Beaucastel's white CdP 2009 displays a fruitful -peach, pineapple, and apricot- mouth. It's way more masculine than the VV 2009. Great stuff. |
| White |
2011 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape BlancWhite Rhone Blend more |
4/20/2013 - cr84 wrote: 94 pointsA beautiful way to start such a diner is to pop a clear, strict, and rich Beaucastel White. The whites emerging from this estate are mostly made out of Roussanne, displaying a great, full, profile on exotic notes of pineapple, peach, and apricot -for the acidity. These fruits are implicitly brought by a great structure. 2011 has the advantage of being fresh and clear, which is great to start lightly. 94 points. |
| White |
2011 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape BlancWhite Rhone Blend more |
11/30/2012 - cr84 wrote: 93 pointsLe Grand Tasting; 11/30/2012-12/1/2012 (Carrousel du Louvre, Paris): A vintage representative of the average level reached by this wine, it's great and, as usual, the most impressive part being the violoncello like final describing the finesse Roussanne has to deliver. |
| White |
2011 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape BlancWhite Rhone Blend more |
12/31/2012 - cr84 Likes this wine: 95 pointsMan does beaucastel always produce the most brilliant white wines I get to taste!! Under its perfect golden dress hides an extremely fruity nose, a butterfish mouth and extremely long final displaying exotic aromas.. |
| White |
2009 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc Cuvée Roussanne Vieilles Vignesmore |
4/20/2013 - cr84 wrote: 96 pointsThis was a wine Candice and I brought from our own cellar, conserved perfectly since release. We had a terrific showing for it, tasted blind, a year ago, making me score it a whopping 100… At first, this was supposed to be drunk over the egg and truffles as Roussanne is the perfect match for those. Yet, with Philippe Cambie bringing a 2001 SQN “Rien Ne Va Plus”, I couldn’t let the 2009 Vieilles Vignes be after it (age wise). This was still very beautiful on the scallops with caviar. Tonight, though, this Vieilles Vignes wasn’t perfect at all. Closed and tacit, it would have benefited from at least two hours of decanting. Clear on its robe, it had a solar nose, displaying the characteristic of the vintage. To give a Manfred Krankl-like name to this wine, I would say “Envie d’en Savoir Plus” (“Tell me more”.) 96 points. |
| White |
2009 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc Cuvée Roussanne Vieilles Vignesmore |
3/11/2012 - cr84 wrote: 100 pointsA Sunday Lunch at Home (Avignon, Vaucluse, France): Served blind, this beautiful, surprising, golden dress didn't need an introduction to show its glory. Opening with time, its buttery nose displayed a delectable orange marmelade. The legs were fat but the alcohol level wasn't overwhelming. This voluptuousness was a quintessential partition of apricot and nectarine relevé by some pepper. Delineated, endless, and fine as a musical partition, the Beaucastel Vieilles Vignes 2009's final was the most precise and incredible of any wine's final I have ever experienced. This represents the single best white wine I have ever tasted. |
| White |
2010 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc Cuvée Roussanne Vieilles Vignesmore |
12/24/2012 - cr84 Likes this wine: 96 pointsServed on a "filet cubain" -a dish made of sole and mushrooms introduced by my grand-father decades ago at Prunier, Paris- this Beaucastel was a perfect fit for its natural flavors, woodiness, freshness and delicate acidity. Extremely well built up and onctuous, this true beauty marries perfectly with this dish and is a brilliant example of Roussanne at his greatest. Interestingly, the final displays some notes of grilled marshmallows...just saying. |
| White |
2007 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc Cuvée Roussanne Vieilles Vignesmore |
7/7/2012 - cr84 wrote: 95 pointsA gold/wheat dress. The nose, full of roussanne, was insanely delicate. The mouth echoed it by displaying notes of fruits -i.e. mango, peach and apricot. A trend in this cuvée, the final was most interesting since its length and delicatessen were unequivocally unique. The whole experience was as delicate and velvety as a white peach's skin. |
| Red |
2010 Domaine de Beaurenard (Paul Coulon et Fils) Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
5/1/2013 - cr84 wrote: 91 pointsSo far, Beaurenard’s line-up has been impeccable, and it continues to be so with its regular Chateauneuf cuvée from this strong vintage. Made from a blend of Grenache (70%) and the rest of equal part Syrah, Mourvèdre and Cinsault, this gorgeous wine has an impressive nose of smashed red spices encircling plenty of dark berries. Its body then goes onto some even more complex flavors on the pallet, inserting a woody note of light almond. I adore it because it’s controlled while being complex and full. 91+ points |
| White |
2011 Domaine de Beaurenard (Paul Coulon et Fils) Châteauneuf-du-Pape BlancWhite Rhone Blend more |
5/1/2013 - cr84 wrote: 89 pointsProducing whites at Beaurenard dates back to some bottles of the supposedly beautiful 1929... Back to the 21th century, the production achieve a whopping 9500 bottles a year, which is quite a lot considering that Chateauneuf-du-Pape wines are, by 93%, virtually only red. Made out of Clairette (30%), Bourboulenc (25%), Roussanne (20%) and the rest of Picpoul and Picardan, this wine is fresh yet full of white fruits aromatics underlined by some peach and apricot notes. Finishing by a light final of white flowers, this beauty is a solid white. 89 points |
| White |
2011 Domaine de Beaurenard (Paul Coulon et Fils) Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc BoisrenardWhite Rhone Blend more |
5/1/2013 - cr84 wrote: 90 pointsA slightly better white is the Boisrenard cuvée, mostly made out of the same cépages as the regular cuvée -with a light dominance of the Clairette and Roussanne. Yields here are tiny, close to 17hl per hectares, a provoke a greater concentration and a fuller bouquet with some more Roussanne-ish notes on both the nose and body. A wine really close to what I tend to prefer in Southern Rhône whites. 90 points |
| Red |
2010 Domaine de Beaurenard (Paul Coulon et Fils) Châteauneuf-du-Pape BoisrenardRed Rhone Blend more |
5/1/2013 - cr84 wrote: 93 pointsA terrifically more beautiful wine, and one of the finest tasted during this trip, is the “Boisrenard” cuvée from the strong vintage that is 2010. When one sees the top notch concentration of this babe, it’s no surprise to him that the yields surround the 17hl per hectares. Dominated by 60 to 100 years old Grenache -with some tiny insertions of white varietals, this cuvée is an awesome effort! It’s, in fact, a 3D screen displaying layers upon layers of wild berries, keeping at the same time a great freshness and hidden minerality which makes it truly promising for the years to come. 93+ points |
| Red |
2003 Domaine de Beaurenard (Paul Coulon et Fils) Châteauneuf-du-Pape BoisrenardRed Rhone Blend more |
2/11/2013 - cr84 wrote: 94 pointsA deep and profound nose, it builds onto some red berries without any comfit. The final is medium-ly expressive but 45 seconds long… This is extremely nice but well restrained. Do not expect this to improve, yet it might stay still for a while. Gourmand! |
| Red |
2012 Domaine de Beaurenard (Paul Coulon et Fils) Côtes du RhôneRed Rhone Blend more |
5/1/2013 - cr84 wrote: 88 pointsOne of the pick of my tasting trip, this Côtes du Rhône is a real sleeper. Made out of mainly Grenache (70%) with the rest of Syrah and Cinsault, this beauty emerges from a yield of 40hl per hectare, achieving the production of 60 000 bottles a year. That’s great news as it’s deliciously gourmand and expressive, showing a load of dark and red berries, lightly composing with a notch of cherries, at a level that some Chateauneuf don’t even achieve. 88 points |
| Red |
2010 Domaine de Beaurenard (Paul Coulon et Fils) RasteauRed Rhone Blend more |
5/1/2013 - cr84 wrote: 89 pointsA notch better than the Côtes-du-Rhône Red is the sauvage, tannic, and masculine Rasteau 2010. Again, a great production as 50 000 bottles of this are made annually. The blend here is of 80% Grenache and 20% Syrah, all grapes certified organic (label AB). This is a very strong wine, displaying some more complex notes of smashed berries and dried garrigue, which compose well with the introductory dark plum robe. 89 points. |
| Red |
2010 Domaine de Beaurenard (Paul Coulon et Fils) Rasteau Les Argiles BleuesRed Rhone Blend more |
5/1/2013 - cr84 wrote: 89 pointsBeaurenard got a lot of fame out of this gorgeous effort for Rasteau. It’s totally understandable. |
| White - Sparkling |
NV Billecart-Salmon Champagne Grand Cru Brut Blanc de BlancsChardonnay more |
7/7/2012 - cr84 wrote: 94 pointsA very zesty acidity with touches of lime and lemon- grapefruit. It was round and fresh, just great! |
| White |
2009 Domaine Binner Riesling KaefferkopfAlsace Grand Cru more |
1/19/2013 - cr84 wrote: 86 pointsA nice companion for shell fishes, this light Alsace from Audrey and Christian Binner displays lot of apple, apricot, and mango notes intermixed in a fat yet mineral mouthfeel. There no structure to it, a really unidimensional wine. |
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