March 17, 2024 - Spectacular! Wine of the night even against a top line-up of 2010 Cote Roties from Guigal and Rostaing. Beautiful golden yellow. All the waxy and richness of the Hermitage but a beautiiful lemon core that brought freshness. The nose is full of honeysuckle, vanilla and abricots transports you. Rhone whites are so special and this was particularly good. Served from magnum bottle and not decanted but opened 2 hours before serving.
August 3, 2022 - Medium reflective gold. Sweet banana leaf on the nose with a bit of Meyer Lemon and kumquat that comes out over time. Positively zinging with compressed energy with strong acids that I haven’t seen in many (if any) Northern Rhône whites.
Unctuous texture and the acids leave the tongue tingling. Starchy notes with lemon water, guava, pineapple, and a melange of tropical fruits. Spectacular.
August 27, 2020 - Just wonderful! Lots of tropical fruit and well integrated oak. Dried herbs on the finish. Paired great with grilled lemon-basil chicken over olive oil/basil/lemon/tomato pasta.
April 25, 2020 - Just not getting much here. Waited more than a year after last bottle. Faint tropical fruits and mushroom on the nose, tropical fruit on the palate. Two hour decant softened it a little. Well-balanced, but didn’t seem to have long finish of last year’s bottle. Good match with roast chicken with morels and cream, but expensive bottle for a pedestrian wine experience. I’ll wait at least another year to try again.
April 1, 2020 - Deep golden honey colour. Delicious and beautifully balanced. Honeydew melon, pear, vanilla, almond paste, and a judicious level of waxiness.
February 1, 2020 - Light yellow; slightly acidic lemon nose, some white flowers, a bit of vanilla; fat bold nice body with well balanced acidity; really nice
December 27, 2019 - not what I expected from this expensive bottling
February 15, 2019 - We really had trouble understanding this wine. Opened it last night, and decided it was a poor match with the sole meunière. Pumped it and put in the fridge, and took it out long before dinner tonight. Served with roast chicken. We got very little on the nose. Slight petrol/mushroom indicative of age. Viscous and full in mouth. Very good acidity. Tropical fruits. Extremely long finish. Extremely! Developed well during the evening, but has a prominent bitter note on the finish and is a little hot. I recommend opening this hours before serving. Not sure what some more time will do here.
October 27, 2018 - Tasted next to 2011 L'Oree. A little less depth maybe, but equally layered and complete. Great acidity, richness of tropical fruit, minerality, beeswax, spices, honey. Great intensity and persistence towards the finish. Excellent. Drink or keep. 94-95+
July 10, 2018 - Pale yellow, gorgeous color, perfumed nose, lemon/creamy/coconut, rich mouthfeel, saline finish.