Vintage Producer Product Name Notes Source Score Sell Sheet Updated
2018 Domaine Alain Voge Cornas Les Chailles More violets, lavender, pen ink, and minty herb notes, as well as gorgeous gamey Cornas fruit all, emerge from the 2018 Cornas Les Chailles. Medium to full-bodied, concentrated, and beautifully textured, it's another brilliant wine from this estate. This cuvée comes from a mix of lieux-dits (Combe, Les Saveaux, Cayret, Les Mazards, Chaillot, and Chapuzes), was completely destemmed and was brought up all in used barrels. Jeb Dunnuck 93-95 2019-12-13
2018 Domaine Alain Voge Saint-Peray Fleur de Crussol The flagship, the 2018 Saint-Péray Fleur De Crussol is all Marsanne brought up in 30% new 400-liter barrels. It has a more full-bodied, layered style as well as a similar white currant and orchard fruits, toasted nuts, and honeyed nuances. Unformed and unevolved, it will require 2-4 years of bottle age. Jeb Dunnuck 92-94 2019-12-13
2018 Domaine Alain Voge Cornas Les Vieilles Vignes Leading off the reds, the saturated purple-hued 2018 Cornas Les Vieilles Vignes offers a primordial bouquet of blueberries, liquid violets, ground pepper, and rare steak. Rich, full-bodied, and opulent on the palate, it has remarkable purity of fruit as well as fine tannins. This beautiful Cornas will drink nicely for 15-20 years. Jeb Dunnuck 94-97 2019-12-13
2017 Domaine Alain Voge Saint-Peray Fleur de Crussol The 2017 Saint-Péray Fleur De Crussol is more classic Marsanne with its toasty, powerful, mineral-laced style. It’s medium to full-bodied, has terrific balance, and a clean, crisp finish. This cuvée always takes 2-4 years of bottle age to show at its best, so do your best to hide bottles in the cellar. Jeb Dunnuck 93 2019-12-13
2017 Domaine Alain Voge Cornas Les Chailles As to the 2017s from bottle, the 2017 Cornas Les Chailles is brilliant, and readers should snatch it up. Rocking blueberries, blackberries, ground pepper, leafy herbs, violets, and graphite notes all flow to a textured, opulent Cornas that has sweet tannins, no hard edges, and flawless balance. It's brilliant bottle of wine that's going to knock it out of the park on the value scale. As with the 2018, it’s from a mix of terroirs, was destemmed, and brought up in used barrels. Jeb Dunnuck 94 2019-12-13
2017 Domaine Alain Voge Cornas Les Vieilles Vignes The 2017 Cornas Les Vieilles Vignes is cut from the same mold yet has a touch more tannins as well as mid-palate density. Notes of crème de cassis, blueberries, camphor, toasted spice, and smoked game all soar from the glass, and it's full-bodied, power-packed, yet elegant and seamless on the palate. Its wealth of fruit largely conceals plenty of underlying structure, and while it's already fun to taste, give bottles 4-5 years and enjoy over the following 10-15 years or more. The old vine cuvée comes from the Combe, Patou, La Côte, Les Mazards, and Chaillot lieu-dits, from 60+-year-old vines, was 80% destemmed and spent 20 months in 15-20% new French oak. Jeb Dunnuck 97 2019-12-13
2016 Bodegas y Vinedos Valderiz Valderiz Ribera del Duero Five different parcels in Roa combined to produce this impressive cuvée of Tempranillo with 5% Albillo. Built to last, as the top Valderiz wines tend to be, this is firm, dark and well structured with a core of firm tannins, scented French and 10% American wood and layers of blackberry and bramble fruit. Rich, intense and well worth cellaring. 2022-30 Tim Atkin 94 2019-12-12
2017 Bodegas y Vinedos Valderiz De Chiripa Tim Atkin 91 2019-12-12
2016 Bodegas y Vinedos Valderiz Juegabolos Tim Atkin 91 2019-12-12
2010 Bodegas y Vinedos Valderiz Tomas Esteban Tim Atkin 91 2019-12-12