Jeremiah Diaz

9.0

Pale gold in color; lemon, yellow apples, and peaches on the nose; high acidity; tastes like lemon zest; honeysuckle, and pear with a long finish. Nellie and I like it. Rayne did not. — 3 months ago

with Nellie

Simon Coplan

9.0

Really good, balanced, couldn't quite pick up the fruit but it was very drinkable — 4 years ago

Daniel M

9.0

Toast, strawberry, cherry and hay on the nose. It's rather subtle and delicate. The palate is very well designed, with a strong acid backbone, a nice silky texture with strawberry, a velvety tannin wall before a fruity, silky finish. It's very smooth and juicy, and dangerously easy going. It was served all along dinner but it was showing best when paired with cheese (Saint nectaire fermier was a hit pairing) — 4 years ago

Matt Waring

9.1

This is top shelf CdR, ripe with dark fruit and tobacco leaf, grippy and earthy, medium bodied with an acid zip on the finish. Versatile wine and great value. — 4 months ago

with Christine

Jim Nelson

9.2

Like the lightest, airiest (French) sherry — 3 years ago

with Camille

Daniel Leonard

9.0

Red fruit and currant with baking spice, . Dry with medium tannins, decent acidity and some alcohol heat to back it up. Nice wine from a consistent Rhône producer — 5 years ago

Jack Petras

9.3

Lucky enough to have been invited to pillage the cellar of an old friend and came out of it with a 1975 and 1986 ch Rayne-Vingneau Sauternes. Both wonderful but the 86 was stunning, everything a late harvest wine can and should be. Fresh herbal aromas of tarragon, camphor, menthol and almond oil. Honeyed dried apricots in mid palate with do much more . Clean mineral and mediciinal finish. Very lush and lithe. Truly a standard bearer. — 5 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.3

All the funky, stony and herbal action you’d expect from a Jura Chardo. Candied lemon, appleskin, rockdust, flint, herbaceous/saline and woolly notes, ginger and jasmin. Lovely touches of bitter almond skin in the finish, which is long and dry but refreshing. Full of tension and nervosity. Very very tasty and interesting and - @ 20€ - a fantastic alternative for the high reputation wines of Ganevat, Labet and Tissot (just to mention a few), although there’s probably a tiny step back in complexity. — 3 years ago

Grant & Jullie

9.1

Smells musty and of dark cherries, maybe plums. Feel a bit of burn from alcohol. Taste is of concentrated plums and cherries. Definite sour notes. Nice lingering finish. Chateauneuf-du-pape is one of those wines where I’ve never had a bad wine. And this one keeps that trend going. — 4 years ago

Daniel Orenstein

9.0

Caramelized oxidized- lots of bruised apple and baking spices. Great mashed Thanksgiving pal — 5 years ago