60% Grenache blanc, 40% Vermentino.
Citrus fruits, melon and herbs, slightly saline, medium+ bodied, medium acidity and length, needs food. Beginning drinking window, drink now or during the next 3 to 5 years, 88+.

80% Mourvèdre, 20% Grenache noir.
Melon and eucalyptus, fresh, nice bitter note, medium length. Very good now, may even improve within the next year, much better than average Collioure, 89+.

50% Mourvèdre, 30% Syrah and 20% Grenache noir.
Very primary, lot of fruit, fresh, light to medium bodied, rather short. Basic Collioure, nothing for cellaring and far not as good as alchimiste.

40% Grenache noir, 30% Mourvèdre and 30% Carignan.
Decanted an hour before dinner, needs air, else it is a bit too simple. Ready to drink, elegant, red berries and prune, good structure, medium bodied, long finish. Much more elegant than the 2012 vintage I had from this wine. Early drinking window, can age for some more years, 2019 to 2023 or 25. 89+.

Elder and other black berries, slightly earthy, medium acidity and sweetness, without any heat, long finish. Ready to drink but may win with 1 or 2 more years and get a bit smoother, drink now or until 2025, 90+, great price to quality ratio.

Nuts and fig, on the palate fresh, orange peel, medium bodied, very long finish, mild and harmonious though very complex, great. Blind I would guess on good old Tawny not on Banyuls.

Short note. Slightly reductive, red berries, fresh, medum bodied, medium to long finish. Very good basic rimage, drink now or wait 3 to 5 years. 89.

Short note. A big step up compared to the basic Rimage. Red berries, dense and concentrated, fresh, long finish. Already very approachable but will win with every additional year, has enough structure to age, superb, 92+.

Short note. Lots of nutty notes, good freshness, concentrated and very long, big complexity. One of the better grand cru. 92-94.

La Vieille Cave, Banyuls.
Mineral with a hint of lemon, fresh and clean, lean but not light bodied, medium length, 88+. Very good with mussels or as starter, not for the long run I think, better drink it in its youth.

La Vieille Cave, Banyuls.
Grenache noir 40%, Carignan 40% and Mourvèdre 20%. Fresh on the fruit, elegant and pure, medium length. Very good to veal or chicken but could not keep up with magret de canard on sauce de banyuls. Drink in its youth, 88+.

La Vieille Cave, Banyuls.
Very dry, clean and fresh, needs a bit air to show the typical Muscat notes. Very good for its level and superb as starter. 87+.

La Vieille Cave, Banyuls.
Grenache noir, Mourvèdre, Syrah. Opened an hour before dinner and poured into the glasses. Lot of jammy fruit, new oak, full bodied, very smooth, long finish. Modern style, not what I usually like, but this is great, everything fits together, perfect for BBQ or Pizza, drink now or during the next 3 to 5 years. 91 to 93.

Le Jardin de Saint Sébastien, Banyuls. Decanted half an hour before dinner, very mineral with a hint of lemon, fresh, medium bodied, very linear, medium finish. Hard to rate as it is very young (90+?), better wait a year or two.

Mineral with a hint of lemon, needs time and air. Quite dense, nice bitter note, fresh and long, elegant, matched to the local cheese, beginning drinking window, may improve with further cellaring, 2019 to 2024+. 90+, superb price to quality relation.

Needs a bit of air to open up, typical Muscat notes, good acidity, nice bitter note, medium+ length, good, drink in its youth.

Dry but very fruity, maybe a bit simple but very Muscat and easy drinking, nice bitter note, crisp and clean, short to medium finish, drink in its youth.

Still austere, needs food at this stage. Black currant and prune, medium+ acidity, full bodied, a lot of fine tannin, long finish. Better wait for some years, has the structure to age. Very classic and great Collioure, rather elegant, best 2022 to 2032 (91+).

La table de Jordi, Banyuls.
70% Grenache, 30% Vermentino. On the nose flintstone and typical Vermentino fruit, on the palate very dry, fresh and a bit tart, medium+ bodied, medium length. Needs food, else better wait 1 or two years, 88-89+.

60% Grenache noir, 20% Mourvèdre, 20% Carignan
Ready to drink, plum and garrique, smooth, medium acidity and body, medium to long finish, same after two days. Good but not very focussed, not for the long run I think, 86 to 87 points.

Grenache noir, Carignan and Syrah.
Good basic Roussillon, very fruity (red fruits), young and fresh, smooth, medium+ bodied and finish. Drink now or during the next 3 to 4 years. 86+

Herbs, ethereal, mineral, good structure, medium+ body and length. Already good with food, but may win in complexity with some more years, drink now until 2027. 90+. Very good quality to price ratio.

A lot of lemon and a hint of white blossom, high acidity, nice bitter note, medium to long finish. Very good now, best to drink it in its youth with anything out of the sea. 88 to 89.

Good solid Collioure, dark fruits, full bodied, smooth and medium to long finsh. In a good drinking window, drink now or during the next 3 years, 88+.

On the nose a bit of everything, citrous, melon, white blossom and a slightly mineral, on the palate fresh, nice bitter note, medium length. Needs food and was very good with sole, very good price to quality relation, drink now or within the next 2 to 3 years, 88-89.