96 -100 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, February 2003

The virtually perfect 2001 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee de Mon Aieul possesses a prodigious 15.8% alcohol. The crop size was tiny, and the ripeness was fabulous in this vintage. Aged in equal parts foudres and used barrels, and cropped at 15 hectoliters per hectare, it is a wine of extraordinary intensity. Its deep purple color is accompanied by magnificent aromas of blackberry and cherry liqueur intertwined with spice box, licorice, and loamy soil notes. Remarkably intense and pure, with a finish that lasts over a minute, this is a modern day legend in the making. This compelling wine should be at its best between 2008-2030.

97 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, February 2004

The 2001 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee de Mon Aieul (85% Grenache and equal parts Syrah, Mourvedre, and Cinsault) tips the scales at a prodigious 15.8% alcohol. Half of the wine is aged in neutral wood foudres and the other half in tank prior to being bottled unfined and unfiltered. The sources for Mon Aieul are three vineyard parcels with vines averaging between 75 and 87 years of age. The 2001 is much more structured and backward than the 2000, 1999, or 1998. The color is a dense purple, and the bouquet offers sweet but reserved aromas of blackberries, raspberries, crushed rocks, and kirsch liqueur. It possesses superb texture, enormous body, and tremendous purity as well as overall symmetry. The tannin is high, but it is largely concealed by the wealth of fruit and extract. Give it 3-4 years of cellaring, and drink it over the following 15-18. This fabulous 2001 will provide fascinating comparisons when tasted alongside the 2000, 1999, and 1998 over the next 10-15 years.

93 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, January 2004

...Raspberry liqueur, game and exotic woodsmoke on the nose. Large-scaled, powerful and dense, with an impressive, solid core of almost medicinal black cherry and dark berry fruit. Very deep, rich, young Chateauneuf with strong but ripe palate-coating tannins and superb persistence...

89 points,

Wine Spectator, January 2003

Some intriguing complexity, almost Bordeaux-like (Right Bank), in this full-bodied blockbuster; shows black olives, dried herbs, cassis bush--offering mineral and pebbles along the way. Big and dark, with a rich and ripe mouthfeel and a clean finish. Best from 2005 through 2012. 830 cases made. (PM)

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