Rhone Region Report

Domain De La Solitude

Domaine de la Solitude Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge 2014 is a full-bodied, intense blend of 55% Grenache Noir, 25 % Syrah, 15% Mourvèdre and 5% Cinsault. With low yields of 25 hectolitres per hectare, this excellent estate creates a complex, yet relatively early-drinking, elegant blend, with flavours of thyme, blackberries, raspberries and spice.


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Price: £39.95
Stock: 5 in Stock

Chateau Mont Redon

Also tasted out of barrel, the 2012 Chateauneuf du Pape Mont Redon is a blend of 60% Grenache, 30% Syrah, 8% Mourvedre and a splash of Cinsault. Spending 12 months in equal parts stainless steel and barrels, it offers up a modern profile with plenty of cassis, licorice and hints of vanilla all emerging from the glass. Nicely concentrated, with sweet tannin and solid length on the finish, it has outstanding potential and should have around a decade of longevity.

Presenting a solid lineup of wines, this large estate is located in the northwestern portion of Chateauneuf du Pape and covers over 250 acres. …
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Price: £39.95
Stock: 9 in Stock

St Joseph Francois de Tournon

The 2008 has a bountiful dark red robe, magenta and black together. The bouquet exudes black berry fruitl. The palate has a good strike of black berry fruit with a lacing of tannin that is ripe; the length is good, and there is richness all through it. A good amount of drinkable bounty here – it is a wine of plenty of depth and well-knit elements. This is clearly a very good vintage. Has a long, clear finish.
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Price: £34.95
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Les Grand Terrasses, Paul Jaboulet Aine

The 2005 Les Grands Terrasses displays loads of supple tannin and notes of blackcurrants, coffee and forest floor. Medium-bodied, concentrated, and delicious.
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Price: £32.95
Stock: 6 in Stock

Domaine Vieux Telegraphe

***93 Points- Robert Parker***
Classic and aging gracefully, the 2004 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieux Telegraphe is a medium to full-bodied, rich and mouth-filling effort, especially in the vintage. Kirsch, blackberry, garrigue, nori (seaweed/sushi wrapper which I seem to always find in this wine) and ample crushed-rock notes all round out the bouquet and on the palate, it’s nicely concentrated, with fine tannin and integrated acidity.
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Price: £39.95
Stock: 1 in Stock

La Bernardine, M. Chapoutier

The 2004 Chateauneuf du Pape La Bernardine’s dark ruby/purple-tinged color is followed by plenty of licorice, pepper, and black cherry fruit notes, sweeter tannins than the 2003, and more texture.
*Robert Parker's Wine Advocate*
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Domaine La Roquette

This estate belongs to the Brunier family who have worked the property for four generations. The vines are a minimum of 45 years old and the wine is composed of 70% Grenache, 20% Syrah and 10% Mourvedre, and it is bottled unfined and unfiltered.
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Chateau Mont Redon

Almost Pinot Noir-like with its forest floor, sweet cherries, vanilla and spice, the 2004 Chateauneuf du Pape Mont Redon is a blend of 65% Grenache, 25% Syrah, 8% Mourvedre and the balance other permitted varieties, that was aged half in stainless steel and half in barrels. It offers moderated depth and richness, yet stays nicely balanced and fresh. It’s a good wine that’s drinking at point.
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Domaine font de Michel

*89 Points- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate*

The 2004 Chateauneuf du Pape Font de Michel offers loads of sweet cherry fruit, a seductive, delicious attack and mid-palate, plenty of body, glycerin, and alcohol, and loads of garrigue, pepper, seaweed, black cherry, and cassis. This is a heady wine that might turn out to be outstanding in bottle.

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Price: £39.95
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Cuvee du Vatican Diffonty

Also tasted out of barrel, the 2012 Chateauneuf du Pape Mont Redon is a blend of 60% Grenache, 30% Syrah, 8% Mourvedre and a splash of Cinsault. Spending 12 months in equal parts stainless steel and barrels, it offers up a modern profile with plenty of cassis, licorice and hints of vanilla all emerging from the glass. Nicely concentrated, with sweet tannin and solid length on the finish, it has outstanding potential and should have around a decade of longevity.

Presenting a solid lineup of wines, this large estate is located in the northwestern portion of Chateauneuf du Pape and covers over 250 acres. …
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Price: £39.95
Stock: 5 in Stock

Delas Domaine des Tourettes

The most famous of all the northern Rhône appellations, its 120 hectares produce tiny quantities of very long-lived reds. The vines were grown in Roman times, although local folklore claims their origins to be 600 years earlier. The wines are powerful, with a deep colour and firm tannins, and the potential to age for many decades.
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Price: £59.00
Stock: 2 in Stock

Domaine de la Charbonniere Curvee Mourre des Perdrix

The nose expresses a mixture of savoury BBQ ribs with floral and dark cherry. Soft on the palate and well balanced especially since the alcohol content is at 15%. A focused finish with moderate length.

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Price: £39.95
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Closerie de Vaudieu Famille Brechet

An uncompromising, philosopher's wine. This is a wine of great depth, powerful, dense and well bred that can be laid down for many years.

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Price: £39.95
Stock: 8 in Stock

P Jaboulet Ainee (includes leather effect gift box with silk liner- *Not the one illustrated)

This garnet 1999 La Chapelle gives off candied red berry and chocolate grilled aromas, enhanced by an evolving hint of truffle and fur. Its airy and concentrated palate develops red and dark berries, grilled hazelnut, spices, chocolate and Virginia tobacco notes. The 1999 Hermitage La Chapelle possesses a perfect acidity that brings a lingering finish with very delicate tannins. This is a superb vintage for a great Hermitage.

Legendary hill and history built up the mythical reputation of this Grand Cru. 1999 Hermitage La Chapelle is a Syrah single-grape wine of Paul Jaboulet-Aîné. This varietal is planted on poor and varied soils with a great diversity of the terroir, which is the origin of the complexity of this wine. …
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Price: £92.90
Stock: 5 in Stock

P Jaboulet Ainee

The estate's flagship wine, Hermitage La Chapelle, merits its world-renowned reputation. The 1999 Hermitage La Chapelle is now fully mature and exhibits a good dense purple colour as well as a dense, sweet bouquet of minerals, cassis, liquorice, and spice box. Full-bodied and concentrated.
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Price: £79.95
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Domain Charbonniere, Mourre le Perdix

The 1998 has a pale and clearly developed colour. Smells of underbrush and some dark berries. Medium body, good length, and wonderful acidity, little tannins left. Delicious! Scores on elegance rather than power. Fully mature.
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Price: £38.95
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Domaine Mont Redon

An outstanding wine still with a deep red colour. This hasreally strong bouquet with lovely packing in it; there is charm in the soft red fruits, but power and depth in behind, via some tobacco and rum: all comes in a silken air. This is rich on the palate, backed by good structure and tannin to keep it in shape. Very good length.
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Price: £64.95
Stock: 12 in Stock

Rhone

From the good 1998 wine loads of garrigue, black and red fruit, plumbs, a bit of acidity, harmony and yes, both old world and old age present. .
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Price: £22.00
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Domaine Vieux Telegraph

***90 points -Robert Parker***

The deep ruby/purple-colored 1995 Vieux Telegraphe exhibits a sweet perfume of licorice, iodine, seaweed, black cherries, and plums. Dense, medium to full-bodied, well-structured and muscular.
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Price: £69.95
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Les Pontaix

Pretty, enchanting nose of olives, black fruit, smoked meat, leather and mushroom. Palate has light-to-medium body with a lifted and ethereal quality. More complex, tertiary flavors. Lovely, elegant stuff. Really charming.
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Price: £52.95
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Mathieu Cesaire

The red wines of Chateauneuf-du-Pape blossom and reach their prime between their third and fifth year, but their potential for aging is over ten years and more according to the vintage and storage conditions. Their color changes from intense garnet-purple in the early years to ruby after some cellaring. These wines are structured, with powerful and complex aromas of ripe fruit, mushrooms, truffles, underbrush, spicy notes, and wild animals.
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Price: £179.00
Stock: 1 in Stock

Les Chais de Beaulieu

Côtes du Rhône is a huge appellation in the south of France encompassing 40,300 ha. Plenty of white and rosé wine is produced in Côtes du Rhône but there can be no doubt that red is king. Usually Grenache will dominate the blend (except in the north where Syrah is allowed to be top dog, but these wines are relatively few) and is normally partnered with Syrah and/or Mourvèdre but a further 18 varieties are also permitted! A cheerful example might be light, soft, fruity and easy-drinking, while the finest examples may be full-bodied, concentrated, intense, spicy and ageworthy. But what they all invariably have in common is a fabulous sense of place and lashings of personality and character. …
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Price: £59.00
Stock: 8 in Stock

Robert Sarrau

The red wines of Chateauneuf-du-Pape blossom and reach their prime between their third and fifth year, but their potential for aging is over ten years and more according to the vintage and storage conditions. Their color changes from intense garnet-purple in the early years to ruby after some cellaring. These wines are structured, with powerful and complex aromas of ripe fruit, mushrooms, truffles, underbrush, spicy notes, and wild animals.
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Price: £159.00
Stock: 7 in Stock

Lucien Pere et Fils

The red wines of Chateauneuf-du-Pape blossom and reach their prime between their third and fifth year, but their potential for aging is over ten years and more according to the vintage and storage conditions. Their color changes from intense garnet-purple in the early years to ruby after some cellaring. These wines are structured, with powerful and complex aromas of ripe fruit, mushrooms, truffles, underbrush, spicy notes, and wild animals.
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Price: £129.00
Stock: 3 in Stock

A, Maldant Freres

Côtes du Rhône is a huge appellation in the south of France encompassing 40,300 ha. Plenty of white and rosé wine is produced in Côtes du Rhône but there can be no doubt that red is king. Usually Grenache will dominate the blend (except in the north where Syrah is allowed to be top dog, but these wines are relatively few) and is normally partnered with Syrah and/or Mourvèdre but a further 18 varieties are also permitted! A cheerful example might be light, soft, fruity and easy-drinking, while the finest examples may be full-bodied, concentrated, intense, spicy and ageworthy. But what they all invariably have in common is a fabulous sense of place and lashings of personality and character. …
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Price: £69.00
Stock: 1 in Stock