Wine Advocate # 138
Dec 2001
Robert Parker 99
Drink: 2004 - 2026
A phenomenal, still youthful and backward Chateauneuf du Pape, this opaque purple-colored effort offers scents of violets, creme de cassis, minerals, and spice. Aromatically, it is reminiscent of a great Musigny from Comte de Vogue. However, no Burgundy would have such concentration, power, richness, and seamlessness at such a young age. There is plenty of tannin, but it is sweet and melted. Enormously-endowed, with a multilayered, prodigious mid-section, and blockbuster finish, it has put on weight and added additional nuances to its multidimensional personality. A magnificent achievement, it is unquestionably the finest wine I have ever tasted from this estate. Anticipated maturity: 2004-2026. Issue #131 rating: 96
Year after year, this estate continues to produce some of the finest Chateauneuf du Papes and Cotes du Rhones. Widow Sylvie Vacheron has done an excellent job carrying on the legacy of her husband, Jean-Denis Vacheron, who was killed in an automobile accident several years ago. Both vintages of Chateauneuf du Pape are performing brilliantly, with the 2006s showing even better from bottle than they did from barrel, and the 2007s are as stunning as one might expect in this historical vintage in the southern Rhone. (Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, Oct 2008)
Année après année, ce domaine continue de produire parmi les meilleurs Châteauneuf-du-Pape et Côtes du Rhône. La veuve Sylvie Vacheron a fait un travail remarquable en poursuivant l'héritage de son mari, Jean-Denis Vacheron, tué dans un accident de voiture il y a plusieurs années. Les deux millésimes du Châteauneuf-du-Pape sont superbes, avec le 2006 se révélant encore mieux en bouteille qu'en barrique et le 2007 aussi étonnant que l'on puisse l'espérer de ce millésime historique du Rhône méridional. (Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, Oct 2008)