May 15, 2024 - [Restaurant purchase] At Le Cerisier, Tournon. Deep golden in color. Medium+ intensity on the nose with beewax, raisins, ripe apricot and dried apricot, minerality, honey, fudge. Medium+ acidity (feels slufter higher due to the bitter notes), long finish with a typical almond bitter note
It looked like it was just over the hill, but it kept improving in the glass. Revised the scoring during the evening from 91 to 92
[Edit] On day 2 it was even better with white chocolate and flintiness. The linoleum aroma had completely disappeared
On day 3 white chocolate and Werther’s Original in the finish
March 25, 2024 - Premox
March 11, 2023 - Popped and poured. This is terrific. Apricot, tropical fruit, minerals and a little motor oil. Full bodied but enough acidity to retain good freshness. Really interesting and enjoyable now. This is going to evolve into something very special.
February 4, 2023 - Not open yet. Potential for at least 94+ point
December 28, 2021 - Similar to DRDAN8’s observations very dark in colour, oxidative both in appearance and on the nose/palate. Not unpleasant, notes of ripe/dried fruit, beeswax, nuts. On the palate a little one-dimensional and bitter, not much in terms of depth nor length. 88-90?
November 27, 2017 - Equal parts Rousanne / Marsanne. Pours a deep golden color to the stem but in no way oxidized. Very interesting nose of burnt toast, vanilla bean shavings, sweat, cashew nut, and guava. Distinctive palate of pineapple, yellow fruit pith, and some hard to identify flavors. Moderate richness with a mild telltale white Hermitage bitterness.
A refreshing change from many of the generic whites on the market. Some very distinctive elements to this wine. I expect further complexity with 5 years.
March 3, 2014 - En primeur tasting. Marsanne and Roussanne in equal parts. Energetic, dense, rich, round, fresh and very long. A lot of tension and spice. Lovely! 93-95