Katrina Lara

9.1

Exceptional so smooth — a month ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.3

89% Merlot - 11% Cabernet Franc #pomerol — 2 months ago

Paul K

9.1

Love the style just a few elements poking out that break up the harmony. — 4 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

Atherton Wine Imports 2026 tasting at République, Los Angeles. 2022 vintage. Better, longer finish than the 2021 version. Dark plum and cassis ruling the roost here. 3.18.26. — 6 months ago

Ruud Verhagen

9.3

one of the best seconds….👌🏼 — 9 months ago

Galen Hasler

9.2

Everything — a year ago

Katie S.

9.0

Like a dry cider. — 5 years ago

Garen Staglin

9.6

Perfect for a 1999. Amazing nose, acid and structure. — a month ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.5

Papas gaucho — 3 months ago

Dave

9.2

I bought several of these 9 months ago, and I still think it's fabulous.
Listening to Sabrina Carpenter — 5 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.5

2000 vintage. Great fill and cork. Opened with a Durand and decanted. A little sed but manageable. tasted 40 minutes and 1.5 hours after opening. Medium body. 14% ABV on the label and not questioning it since this effort was throwing nearly zero heat. All secondary and tertiary impressions at this point and they were unified and present. Some dark fruit still but emphasis capably drawn towards the black olive, durty earth, finish. Really knitted together currently. Maybe another 5-spot in this guise? Maybe another decade? Hard to tell but showing beautifully now. 01.28.26. — 8 months ago

Amy Yan

9.0

At Eli's UES. — 9 months ago

Michael Greene

9.1

Dark fruit. Meaty. Crazy aromatic. — 5 years ago

NataPi

8.9

Kinda like a beaune village wine. Floral with medium body. A bit lean as an 14 — 6 years ago

Charlie Abbott

Sommelier Casa Mono

8.9

Wayyyyyy too tightly wound to be enjoyed currently, intensely citric and leesy — 2 months ago

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.0

@"Odedi" said it well. Nice. — 3 months ago

Jay Kline

9.6

I’ve said before that the wines of Chateau Rayas are almost singular in the AOC; certainly one of the purest expressions of Grenache in the world. However, there is another producer that for me, might be an even more archetypal expression of the character of Chateauneuf-du-Pape: Henri Bonneau. Henri’s wines were also predominately Grenache however, they are denser and darker, particularly the Cuvée Marie Beurrier. This is probably more to do with the small addition of other local varieties along with terroir for Mrie Beurrier (Courthézon). Henri had strong feelings about varieties, vine age and cellar practices. He didn’t really like Syrah in CdP (though he had a little of it). He didn’t like ancient vines (most were 30-50 years old and would be torn out and replanted if they were getting up there in the age range) and he believed in extended aging in wood, a collection of very old barrels and foudres. Regardless of whether one agrees or disagrees with his approach, the results were undeniably special.

Opened prior to dinner; enjoyed over the course of several hours. The 2000 “Cuvée Marie Beurrier” pours a deep garnet color with a near opaque core; medium+ viscosity with light staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing (still!). Layered notes of dark brambles, black cherry, garrigue, dried red flowers, beef stew with all the veggies and mixed inorganic earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is forever long. This is tremendously well balanced and a wine that I just wanted to keep coming back to…and I did. Drink now through 2040. — 6 months ago

Fabio Franchella

9.2

Superintense in the nose. Torf, rauch, speckig, teerig, leichtenzedernote, viel rückaromen. Nir och dezente dunkelkirschige frucht — 9 months ago

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Nicolas Duchesneau

9.2

Belle pureté, fruits croquants, framboises, fraise, la finesse, longue finale — 4 years ago

Ron R

9.1

Quintessential Beaune. Quite young, but already showing some soft edges. Cherry notes combine with cinnamon and a hint of nutmeg. This is not for the long haul, but is presenting well right now. Finishes dry, so in my mind, this requires food - Nougatine at Jean Georges. — 5 years ago