2001 Wine from France

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: The 2001 Chateauneuf du Pape is a beauty! Classic and textbook in style, with ample cured meats, earth, herbs and mature currant and blackberry fruit, it flows onto the palate with full-bodied richness, a gorgeous texture...

Wine Enthusiast, 94 points: What a perfumed, elegant, structured wine, with all the elements of fruit, wood, tannins just in the right place. It shows great tannins, powerful black and red berry fruits, denseness, and a classic, fresh aftertaste.

Wine Spectator, 92 points: Beautiful aromas of chocolate blackberry and light cappuccino follow through to a medium- to full-bodied palate with fine tannins and a long finish. Delicious already but will be much better in a few years. Yummy wine...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 91 points: Year in and year out, Jaboulet’s top white is the Hermitage Chevalier de Sterimberg, which is aged in new oak for nine months prior to bottling. The 2001 (a blend of 35% Roussanne and 65% Marsanne) exhibits aromas of ripe...

Wine Spectator, 100 points: Like lemon curd on the nose turning to honey and caramel. Full-bodied and very sweet with fantastic concentration of ripe and botrytized fruit yet balanced and refined. Electric acidity. Lasts for minutes on the palate...

The Rhone Report, 97 points: A gorgeous wine in every sense, 2001 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape - a blend of 65% Grenache, 20% Mourvèdre, 10% Syrah, and 5% Vaccarèse, Counoise, and Muscardin that’s aged for 15 months in old foudres (no new oak...

Burghound, 92 points: In contrast to the mildly odd nose of the Chapelle, this is perfumed, elegant and cool with its ultra-pure aromas of all but fully mature red berry fruit, underbrush and soft earth tones. There is really lovely detail and...

Wine Spectator, 94 points: Extremely pretty, with flowers, berries, chocolate and spices. Full-bodied, with a solid core of fruit and ripe, silky tannins; long and caressing. Beautiful. Palmer shows wonderful refinement. Best after 2009. –JS

jamessuckling.com, 95 points: I have always believed in the 2001 Cheval Blanc. It may even be better than the more highly thought of 2000 and it's certainly much less expensive. It sells for about $550 a bottle compared to $1000 a bottle for the 2000...

Wine Spectator, 90 points: Beautiful wine with blackberry chocolate and floral aromas. Medium- to full-bodied with silky tannins and a pretty finish. Refined and silky. Not a big Conseillante but all in finesse and texture. I like it as much as the...

Wine Spectator, 94 points: Wonderful spice and currant aromas to this young wine. Full-bodied with super well?integrated refined tannins. Long caressing finish. This is very very silky. Just like from barrel. Cos is on top of it now...

Wine Spectator, 93 points: Lots of lemon and maple syrup on the nose with dried apricots. Full-bodied with a very sweet and rich palate of candied lemon and orange rinds and a long finish. Beautifully sticky...