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ACCOLADE RESULTS
92 points
2020 Donnafugata Isolano Dolce&Gabbana
Monica Larner, Robert Parker Wine Advocate, June 2023
“This is a new product from Donnafugata. The 2020 Etna Bianco Isolano is mostly Carricante blended with smaller percentages of complementary indigenous grapes. The wine shows a luminous golden color with greenish highlights. The bouquet is redolent of grapefruit, crushed stone, green apple, honeydew melon and crushed flint. There is light creaminess to this wine and sweet softness on the finish. The wine is held back a few years before its release and is part of the Dolce & Gabbana partnership”
98 points
2016 Pym-Rae Red Blend
Jonathan Cristaldi, Decanter, September 2023
“Beautiful opaque ruby colour, leading with a subtlety that reveals lovely cedar and tobacco spices and Bay Laurel. Full-bodied, exhibiting a delicate balance between the structure's intensity and the fruit profile's lightness. A substantial backbone of acid tension, a hallmark of the 2016 vintage, lends buoyancy to the density of fruit, which lands on the mid-palate and stays there, building in stature and gaining intensity. A blanket of long, velvety tannins wraps itself around the palate, and the finish is long and exacting with spearmint and a wealth of warm earthen hummus notes.”
98 points
2019 Pym-Rae Red Blend
Jonathan Cristaldi, Decanter, September 2023
“The Pym-Rae wines I tasted with Alfred Tesseron and Estate Manager Jérôme Ledit (2016-2019) all possess some measure of intensity, elegance, excellent balance, and freshness. Encompassing all those qualities is this 2019 vintage, seamless and simply mind-boggling. Pure blackberry fruit, creme de cassis, and graphite are nuanced by garrigue and cocoa nibs laced with orange essence. Medium to full-bodied with youthful blue fruit, spiced plum, and violets that meld together, creating a profoundly symphonic and lyrical fruit melody that is impossible to resist. The vines are surrounded by a pristine wilderness and many native California shrubs; those qualities emerge in the wine as sagebrush, fragrant Bay Laurel, and layers of ironstone mineral and earth. A kind of soy-soaked cedarwood rounds out this meticulous wine.”
98 points
2013 Rare Millésimé Brut
Jeb Dunnuck, Jeb Dunnuck, November 2023
“Originally a part of the legendary Piper-Heidsieck Champagne house, Rare is moving their Champagne Millésime to a new brand and wants it to stand alone. (Think Delamotte and Salon.) The 13th vintage for this cuvée, the 2013 Champagne Millésime is a blend of 70% Chardonnay with the rest Pinot Noir, with the majority of the blend coming from the Montagne de Reims Grand Cru and Premier Cru. A bright yellow hue, its aromatics are exquisite and well-balanced, with fresh notes of key lime, candied apple, fresh croissant dough, fresh pineapple, and honeysuckle. Medium to full-bodied, it fills the palate with a rounded and supple texture and a pillowy mousse. It’s long on the palate and has a silky personality as well as a long, pristine finish. It has a fantastic balance of decadence and freshness, and I could drink this all day. It’s going to have a long drinking window. Drink 2024-2044 and beyond. Disgorged December 2022.”
98 points
2019 Pym-Rae Red Blend
Jeb Dunnuck, Jeb Dunnuck, May 2023
“The 2019 Château Pym-Rae is a textbook Mount Veeder Cabernet with its exotic red, blue, and black fruits as well as complex notes of mountain scrub brush, lavender, tobacco, and lead pencil. Hitting the palate with full-bodied richness, it has a layered, elegant mouthfeel, ultra-fine yet substantial tannins, and a great finish. It's one of those iron fist in a velvet glove type wines that will benefit from 2-4 years of bottle age and shine over the following two decades.”
96 points
2014 Rare Millésimé Rosé
Jeb Dunnuck, Jeb Dunnuck, November 2023
“The 14th vintage of Rare, the 2014 Champagne Millésime Rosé has 9 grams per liter dosage, and most of the Pinot Noir in it comes from Verzy, with the red wine coming from Les Ricey. Pouring a brilliant orange/pink hue, the wine is juicy and fresh with aromas of wild strawberry tart, graham, blood orange, and a hint of cardamom. Medium to full-bodied, its mousse is inviting and adds just a hint of spice character, with notes of grapefruit pith on the finish. A bit more reserved on opening, it will benefit with more time to open and show its best, but it has a very attractive structure. Drink 2025-2040.”
95 points
2022 M. Chapoutier La Bernardine Blanc
Jeb Dunnuck, Jeb Dunnuck, October 2023
“Mostly Clairette (there's 20% Grenache Blanc), the 2022 Châteauneuf Du Pape La Bernardine Blanc has a gorgeous array of ripe pears, honeyed tangerines, white flowers, and a wonderful sense of stony minerality. This all carries to a medium to full-bodied, richly textured, and flawlessly balanced white with integrated acidity and outstanding length.”
91 points
2022 Mathilde Chapoutier Selection Côtes de Provence Sainte-Victoire AURISSO
Jeb Dunnuck, Jeb Dunnuck, October 2023
“Coming from the limestone and clay soils of the Sainte Victoire appellation, the 2022 Côtes De Provence Sainte Victoire Aurisso (50% Grenache, 30% Syrah, and the rest Cinsault and Rolle) has pretty strawberry and white flowers notes to go with a medium-bodied, fresh, focused, beautifully balanced style. As with the other releases from Mathilde, this is named after a dominant wind in Provence.”
90 points
2022 Mathilde Chapoutier Selection Côtes de Provence ORSURO
Jeb Dunnuck, Jeb Dunnuck, October 2023
“Named after the southerly wind in Provence, the 2022 Côtes De Provence Orsuro is a classic Provençal rosé with its savory strawberry, orange blossom, and salty, mineral-like aromas and flavors. It's vibrant, medium-bodied, and elegant on the palate.”
89 points
2022 M. Chapoutier Belleruche Rouge
Jeb Dunnuck, Jeb Dunnuck, October 2023
“Black raspberries, juicy cherries, peppery garrigue, and violet notes all emerge from Chapoutier's 2022 Côtes Du Rhône Belleruche, a medium-bodied, fleshy, balanced, straight-up delicious Côtes Du Rhône to drink over the coming 4-6 years or so.”