January 16, 2024 - A warm, faceless wine with a sweet core.
November 12, 2023 - cheers - enjoyed at Hopleaf in Chicago, and spending $50 for this wine in a restaurant is a real bargain. Great vintage, excellent producer.....bold but balanced, I wish it could have been decanted as it was exploding after an hour...
September 12, 2023 - First bottle of 4 (+ 2 passed to friends). This is a great CDP, so much going on here. Ripe fruit, spices, full body. It edges on everything all at once, and somehow strings it all together in a cohesive way. Really enjoyable now, evolving by the minute in glass, and will be a great one to watch as it evolves. 93 and surely some upside with cellaring.
August 28, 2023 - Really stellar 2016 basic cuvée
May 7, 2023 - Basic cuvée from this competent producer. Their Caveau, which I visited several times is located at the northern limit of the town not far from the equally well-kown Domaine le Bosquet des Papes (when your enter the city from the north). A very satisfying wine for a reasonable price(I paid 27,00€ in 2018). The wine is dominated by 80% Grenache with 10% Syrah and some Mourvèdre and Cinsault. Vivid youthful color with still a lot of purple and an expansive fruity nose of cherries, strawberries and licorice. A taste with a lot of ripe fruit and tannines and finishing with a bracing acidity.
This wine is already irresistible now but can be safely kept for at least five years. 16% alcohol well hidden in the structure of the wine but be sure to serve this wine cool (14°C is ideal).
April 7, 2023 - Great QPR. In a good place at the moment with plenty of potential for further cellaring. Lovely dark fruit with a hint of sweetness, well balanced. Ripe fig, plum. Garrigue. Hoisin. Beautiful warm spice notes. A little hot perhaps but not out of balance. As others have noted it’s not the most complex but it’s absolutely delicious right now and has the structure for several more years. Classic CndP!
March 24, 2023 - In a very nice place now, nice red fruit and secondary notes. Clearly aged but plenty life left.
December 25, 2022 - Very nice CDP! Very fruit forward and youthful. Seems like it's just getting started. Will be able to cellar for many years to come.
December 21, 2022 - Consistantly good
November 13, 2022 - Nice nose with prunish flavor and hint of herbs and mushroom. Drinking well at present.