Wine Spectator: A lush, opulent style, with captivating blackberry sauce, plum preserves and linzer torte notes draped over dense but polished tannins. Lots of dark licorice, cinnamon and roa...

Wine Spectator: Large-scaled but poised, pure and driven, with beautiful mocha and dark linzer torte aromas giving way to lush blueberry, plum and boysenberry compote notes. The finish lets g...

Wine Spectator: This is very well-built, with a range of apple wood and toasted spice notes framing the core of crushed plum, blackberry and cassis. Dusty structure give a long and grippy fee...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve Secrete (65% tank-aged Grenache and 35% small oak-aged Syrah) boasts a dense ruby/purple color (nearly as dark as the Barberini) in additi...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Dark ruby. Aromas and flavors of dark fruit liqueur and candied licorice, with an exotic floral pastille quality gaining power with air. Broad and chewy in texture, with imp...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: My highest score goes to the 2009 Chateauneuf du Pape Le Grand Pin. This impressive, deep ruby-colored, broad wine offers oodles of kirsch liqueur, black raspberry, sweet herb...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Vivid ruby. A heady, seductive bouquet evokes black raspberry and cherry liqueur, potpourri and allspice, with a bright mineral overtone. Shows impressive clarity and energy...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The massive 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee La Parte des Anges reveals huge extraction, abundant new oak, and an intense, full style. While there is a tendency to call this mod...

Wine Spectator: Very youthful, with lots of exuberant, richly layered blackberry, boysenberry, cassis and plum fruit flavors. The solid structure is buried deep on the spice- and anise-filled...

Wine Spectator: Exhibits a gorgeous mix of damson plum, cherry preserves, fig paste and anise flavors, layered with roasted chestnut and mesquite notes, all framed by a mouthwatering cocoa po...

Wine Spectator: Very pretty, almost delicate, of medium body and medium concentration. The soft and supple tannins are sleek and easy to appreciate. It'll be hard to resist enjoying it on rel...

Wine Spectator: This has a touch more muscle and drive than many of its peers, with smoldering tobacco and dark espresso notes leading the way for a core of crushed plum, braised fig and stee...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright ruby-red. A sexy, highly perfumed bouquet displays fresh red berries, potpourri and white pepper, with hints of allspice and anise adding complexity. Spicy and alluring...

Wine Spectator: Powerful, with a round, almost creamy core of blackberry and raspberry fruit all layered with cocoa, sweet toast, mesquite and fig paste. Long and rich through the finish. S...

Wine Spectator: Like some '99s, it's a bit leaner than the '00s or '98s, but it's well-made, with youthful exuberance of ripe fruit, toasted oak, grilled meat, smoked chestnuts and blood oran...

Wine Spectator: Very rich and polished, with layers of black Mission fig, bittersweet ganache, hoisin sauce, melted black licorice, Black Forest cake and currant confiture, all stretched over...

Wine Spectator: Clean and fresh, bursting with fruit and spices. Full-bodied, it delivers some game, truffle, vanilla notes. It's distinctive and ought to reveal wonderful terroir with age, b...

Wine Spectator: Reserved aromatically, but the wonderful balance is evident...mineral, wet earth, delicate plum, mocha, coffee and blackberry character and subtle, ripe tannins. The wet earth...

Wine Spectator: Very rich and densely packed, with a huge core of raspberry ganache, macerated plum and hoisin sauce notes wrapped by dark licorice, Turkish coffee and charred applewood. The ...

About this Wine: This wine highlights the effect of the "galets roulés" on old Châteauneuf vines. It has a deep color and a very pronounced body, balanced by the roundness of the Grenache. A l...