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Vintage	Producer	Product Name	Notes	Source	Score	Sell Sheet	Updated
2017	Domaine du Pegau	Cuvee Reserve Blanc Chateauneuf-du-Pape	Pale green-tinged yellow. Heady, mineral-laced pear and melon aromas show outstanding clarity and a sexy floral nuance. Sappy and sharply focused on the palate, offering vibrant orchard fruit and honeydew flavors that are braced and lifted by a bitter citrus pith element. The floral note comes back strong on the finish, which lingers with outstanding, mineral-driven tenacity.	Vinous	93		2019-01-18
2016	Domaine du Pegau	Cuvee Reserve Blanc Chateauneuf-du-Pape	Limpid straw-yellow. Penetrating aromas of fresh citrus and orchard fruits are complemented by hints of chalky minerals and iodine. Juicy and focused on the palate, offering mineral-driven Meyer lemon, Anjou pear and chamomile flavors that show excellent clarity and vibrant lift. The mineral and pear notes carry strongly though an incisive finish that hangs on with impressive focus and tenacity.	Vinous	94		2019-01-18
2015	Domaine du Pegau	Cuvee Reserve Blanc Chateauneuf-du-Pape	Pale gold. Penetrating, mineral-tinged aromas of fresh citrus and orchard fruits are joined by hints of chalky minerals, quinine and ginger. Juicy and deeply concentrated, offering intense pear nectar, peach and Meyer lemon flavors that show excellent clarity and minerally drive. The mineral note lingers impressively on the nervy finish, which displays excellent focus and tenacity.	Vinous	92		2019-01-18
2015	Domaine du Pegau	Cuvee Reserve Chateauneuf-du-Pape	Vivid ruby. An exotically perfumed bouquet evokes ripe raspberry, cherry and garrigue, while a suave floral element expands with air. Fleshy, seamless and broad on the palate, offering intense black raspberry and fruitcake flavors that are braced and lifted by a spine of juicy acidity. The floral note builds as the wine opens up and carries through the sweet, strikingly long finish, which leaves behind red fruit liqueur and licorice notes.	Vinous	93-95		2019-01-18
2013	Domaine du Pegau	Cuvee Reserve Chateauneuf-du-Pape	Deep ruby. Potent aromas of ripe dark berries, licorice pastille, woodsmoke, game and garrigue, plus a peppery nuance that adds spiciness and lift. Round and fleshy on the palate, offering intense blackberry and bitter cherry flavors that become livelier and sweeter with air. The very long, energetic, sharply focused finish features fine-grained tannins and subtle, lingering notes of dark berries and smoked meat.	Vinous	93		2019-01-18
2012	Domaine du Pegau	Cuvee Reserve Chateauneuf-du-Pape	Opaque ruby. Heady aromas of black and blue fruits, potpourri and Indian spices, with a smoky element emerging with air. Taut and sharply focused on entry, then fleshier and broader in the mid-palate, offering vibrant boysenberry and black raspberry flavors with hints of candied violet, smoked meat and licorice. Finishes spicy and long, with repeating florality and slow-building tannins.	Vinous	93		2019-01-18
2014	Domaine du Pegau	Cuvee Reserve Blanc Chateauneuf-du-Pape	Light, hazy yellow. Explosive, mineral-driven aromas of fresh pear, peach pit and white flowers carry a gingery background note. Stony, focused and pure on the palate, offering intense orchard fruit and citrus fruit flavors that become weightier with air. Clings with strong tenacity on the finish, which shows excellent clarity and a resonating floral note.	Vinous	92		2019-01-18
2011	Domaine du Pegau	Cuvee Reserve Chateauneuf-du-Pape	(80% grenache, 6% syrah, 4% mourvedre and the rest "everything else"): Deep ruby. Ripe black and blue fruit aromas are complicated by potpourri, incense and licorice, with a smoky topnote. Sappy, focused dark berry and bitter cherry flavors are sharpened by juicy acidity and show very good depth. Lots of fruit here but there's good structure as well. Finishes sweet and long, with velvety tannins adding shape. As with the '12, there's a degree of elegance to this wine and less of the wild edge of the Pegaus of a few vintages back.	Vinous	92		2019-01-18
2016	Domaine Vallet	Rouelle-Midi Condrieu	The 2016 Condrieu Rouelle-Midi was brought up in mostly in tank, with just 30% in barrel. This light gold-colored effort has obvious minerality and salinity in its white peach, tangerine peel, and floral aromas and flavors. Nicely textured on the palate, with good acidity and a medium-bodied mouthfeel, it's beautiful today yet should keep for 3-5 years as well.	Jeb Dunnuck	91		2019-01-10
2016	Domaine Vallet	Saint Joseph Meribets	The 2016 Saint Joseph Meribets is terrific, with a beautiful sense of elegance and finesse in its fruit and tannins. Blackberries, plums, peppery herbs, and light mineral notes all flow to a medium-bodied, silky wine that has good acidity, tons of upfront charm, and no hard edges. It's well worth a multi-bottle purchase and will drink nicely for 5-7 years. This wine was completely destemmed and spent 10 months in used barrels.	Jeb Dunnuck	90		2019-01-10