2014 Wine from France

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: The 2014 Châteauneuf du Pape is a beautiful wine in the vintage, and Marc compares it to the 2012. I’m not sure I agree, but there’s no denying the quality in this 2014. Sporting a deep ruby color and terrific notes of...

Wine Enthusiast, 95 points: The wine is powered both by its tannins and by its great fruit. Dark and dense both in the structure and the black-plum flavors, it is very fine wine– juicy and ripe. This is a serious wine with a great future. Drink from...

Wine Enthusiast, 96 points: A tightly coiled rich wine that has great acidity as well as a lively structure. Touched by spice from wood aging as well as intense citrus, it is fruity, firm and strongly textured. Drink this impressive still-young wine...

jamessuckling.com, 96 points: A big black-cherry and bitter-chocolate nose leads into a rich, concentrated palate, where the fruit easily holds sway over the powerful, dry tannins. It’s these that drive everything along right through to the assertive...

Wine Enthusiast, 95 points: Tight tannins mask the ripe fruit in a wine that is set for long-term aging, so there is a dry core that dominates at the moment. But not for long: the bold black fruits are insistent and are going to be delicious. This...

jamessuckling.com, 96 points: The nose is really glorious with strawberry, wet-earth, blackberry and dark-mushroom character. Full body, a solid core of fruit and beautiful tannins. It’s polished and velvety. Better in 2022 but gorgeous.

Vinous, 94 points: The 2014 Blanc de Blancs is seriously impressive. Ample in feel, Delamotte is especially rich in 2014, and yet there is plenty of freshness to balance things out. This is an especially savory style for Delamotte, and one...

jamessuckling.com, 94 points: Lots of apple and lemon with biscuit and pie-crust character. Rich nose. Full-bodied with a big palate, showing lots of apple and vanilla. Round and layered texture. Flamboyant. Drink or hold.

jamessuckling.com, 92 points: Bright and tangy with crunchy fruit and acidity. Light strawberry-leaf and rose character. Orange undertones. Medium-bodied and vibrant. Drink now.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: The 2014 Chateau Poesia has a very well-defined bouquet with plenty of red and black fruit, crushed rose petals and just a touch of smoke. I love the detail here. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, crisp and...

TheWineCellarInsider.com, 95 points: Much better from bottle than barrel, this continues developing nicely. Perfumed, silky, elegant and refined, the smoky, dark, ripe, sweet, fresh, red fruits, spice, earth and tobacco linger and build. Read more...

jamessuckling.com, 96 points: Intense aromas of minerals, chalk, bright cherries and stones. Full-bodied, tight and silky; very linear. Like a straight shot. Give it three to four years to soften. Vibrant is the word.

Vinous, 95 points: The 2014 Léoville Poyferré has a very complex bouquet with blackberry, bilberry, crushed stone, cedar and hints of violet. It is extremely focused, intense rather than overtly powerful. The palate is medium-bodied with...

Decanter, 95 points: Paul and Vincent Avril, a father and son team, established themselves as one of the finest producers of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Despite being predominantly Grenache, it is reminiscent of an elegant northern Rhône Syrah with...

jebdunnuck.com, 96 points: The 2014 Troplong Mondot is unquestionably one of the wines of the vintage, and this beauty has more intensity, richness, and exuberance than just about every other wine in 2014. A blend of 90% Merlot, 8% Cabernet...

View From The Cellar, 91 points: The Harmand family’s 2014 Clos Prieur is an excellent wine. As readers will recall, this is a combination of very old vines in the villages section of the vineyard and a portion in the premier cru part. The nose on the...

Wine Enthusiast, 97 points: There is a sense of pure juicy black-currant fruit that shoots through this great wine. With tannins that are firm while not a jot too much, the wine is crisp, packed with fruit and set for many years of aging. It is...

Wine Enthusiast, 95 points: (WE93-95 points) This is a serious wine, with dense tannins and concentrated structure. It has strong wood and smoky bacon notes that need to harmonize with the dark plum flavor and ample acidity.

Wine Spectator, 95 points: This cuts a wide swath, with mouthwatering tobacco and warm ganache notes leading the way, followed by a wave of fig, blackberry and black currant preserves. Shows remarkable definition already, even though the...

View From The Cellar, 91 points: 91+ The inherent elegance of the 2014 vintage is very much in evidence in the domaine’s old vine bottling from Gevrey, as the wine offers up a lovely constellation of black cherries, sweet dark berries, grilled meats...

jamessuckling.com, 96 points: Dark currants and berries with walnuts on the nose. Follows through to a full body, integrated tannins and a gorgeous finish. Exciting. Wow. Drink in 2020.

View From The Cellar, 91 points: The 2014 Aloxe-Corton from Domaine Rollin Père et Fils is also an excellent bottle in the making, offering up a nascently complex bouquet of red and black cherries, venison, iron soil tones, woodsmoke, coffee and a nice...

Wine Spectator, 93 points: Black cherry and toasty vanilla aromas and flavors are the hallmarks of this muscular red. Hints of tobacco and chocolate linger. The firm structure begs for patience. Best from 2020 through 2038. 136 cases made. — BS

Burghound, 93 points: An admirably layered nose is composed of an impressively broad array of plum, violet, earth, sauvage and discreet spice nuances. There is outstanding power, intensity and size to the big-bodied flavors that exhibit huge...

Vinous, 92 points: The 2014 Les Cruzelles has a simple bouquet, tertiary in style, woodland scents intermixed and perhaps dominating the fruit underneath. The palate is medium-bodied with dry tannin, chewy in the mouth at first although it...

Wine Enthusiast, 94 points: Produced from Pinot Noir grown in grand cru and premier cru vineyards, this is an exceptional wine. With its age, it has developed touches of maturity to supplement the crisp fruitiness and layered acidity. Drink this...