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Vintage	Producer	Product Name	Notes	Source	Score	Sell Sheet	Updated
2016	Pursued by Bear	Baby Bear Syrah	The aromas offer notes of roasted coffee bean, vanilla and bittersweet chocolate. A full-bodied, chocolaty palate follows, with well-balanced acidity. Barrel aromas and flavors play a leading role, with the fruit in support.	Wine Enthusiast	90		2020-05-05
2017	Domaine Vallet	Cuvee Meribets Saint Joseph	Saturated ruby. A highly fragrant bouquet evokes ripe blue fruits, olive and candied flowers, along with a cracked pepper element. Silky and seamless on the palate, offering animated boysenberry, cherry and floral pastille flavors and a touch of licorice that builds on the back half. The floral note recurs on the persistent finish, which features supple tannins and lingering spiciness. Made with de-stemmed fruit and aged for 10 months in used oak.	Vinous	90		2020-05-01
2017	Domaine Vallet	Cuvee Muletiers Saint Joseph	Opaque violet color. Expressive dark berry, potpourri, olive and smoky mineral aromas display good clarity and take on a spicy nuance with air. Offers sappy, concentrated blackberry, bitter cherry and violet pastille flavors that display sharp focus and assertive, spicy back-end lift. Closes with energetic cut, building tannins and strong, floral-driven persistence. (one-third whole clusters and neutral oak)	Vinous	92		2020-05-01
2017	Domaine Alain Voge	Cornas Les Chailles	Glass-staining ruby. Mineral-accented cherry and dark berry scents, along with hints of smoked meat, violet and cracked pepper. Broad, fleshy cassis and bitter cherry flavors show very good depth and take on a smoky nuance on the back half. In an ample but lively style, with solid floral thrust and smooth tannins that frame the persistent finish.	Vinous	93		2020-05-01
2017	Domaine Alain Voge	Saint Joseph Les Cotes	Inky ruby. Potent, mineral-accented dark berries, cherry pit and a suave floral quality on the highly perfumed nose. Concentrated yet energetic in style, showing very good depth and clarity to the sappy cherry, blackberry and floral pastille flavors. Picks up a smoky quality on the gently tannic finish, which hangs on with strong, spice-driven tenacity.	Vinous	91		2020-05-01
2018	Domaine Alain Voge	Cornas Les Vieilles Vignes	Opaque ruby. An exotically perfumed bouquet displays powerful aromas of black and blue fruit preserves, incense, peony and olive paste. Palate-staining blackberry, boysenberry, fruitcake and floral pastille flavors deepen steadily on the back half. Gains weight and sweetness with air, finishing with a jolt of smoky minerality, sneaky tannins and outstanding persistence.	Vinous	95		2020-05-01
2018	Domaine Alain Voge	Cornas Les Chailles	Bright purple. Smoke- and spice-accented aromas of ripe dark berries, licorice and pungent flowers pick up a floral nuance as the wine opens up. Plush cassis and blackberry flavors are braced by a spine of juicy acidity, and a cracked pepper flourish adds spicy cut to the back half. Becomes sweeter with air and features a hint of cola on the long, smoky finish, which features harmonious tannins and lingering florality.	Vinous	94		2020-05-01
2018	Domaine Alain Voge	Saint Joseph Les Cotes	Deep violet. Expansive aromas of ripe black and blue fruits, spicecake and licorice on the pungent, expansive nose. Appealingly sweet, mineral- and smoke-accented cassis and blueberry flavors show impressive depth and pick up a floral quality in the midpalate. Displays sharp detail and spicy lift on the youthfully tannic, persistent finish, which features echoing blue fruit and floral notes.	Vinous	93		2020-05-01
2018	Domaine Alain Voge	Cotes Du Rhone Les Peyrouses	Saturated ruby. Smoke- and spice-accented cherry and dark berry scents are complicated by hints of candied flowers and licorice. Supple and broad in the mouth, offering pliant blackberry and bitter cherry flavors that become sweeter as the wine opens up. A floral pastille note appears on the clinging finish, which shows very good clarity and smooth, even tannins.	Vinous	91		2020-05-01
2017	Domaine Alain Voge	Cornas Les Vieilles Vignes	Inky violet color. Intensely perfumed aromas of ripe black/blue fruits, exotic spices, potpourri and olive are sharpened by a smoky mineral flourish. Juicy and expansive in the mouth, offering alluringly sweet blueberry and cherry preserve flavors along with hints of licorice and candied flowers. The floral and spice qualities repeat emphatically on an impressively long, energetic finish that features well-knit tannins and a resonating mineral note.	Vinous	95		2020-05-01