COTES DU RHONE ROUGE 2011 « Vieilles Vignes"
Médaille de Bronze au Concours de Mâcon 2012
CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE ROUGE 2010 « Vieilles Vignes"
Stephen TANZER Wine Cellar Nov 11 - Note : 90-92 By Josh Raynolds
( 60% grenache and 10% each of mourvedre, syrah, cinsault and counoise, raised in concrete and old foudres): Deep ruby. Sexy red fruit aromas are complicated by garrigue and Asian spices. Refreshingly taut and nervy on the palate, with juicy raspberry and bitter cherry flavors putting on weight with air. The raspberry notes repeats on the long, spice-accented finish. This wine should age well on its balance
CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE ROUGE 2009 « Vieilles Vignes"
Médaille de Bronze au Concours de Mâcon 2011
Médaille d'Argent Concours Orange 2011
Stephen TANZER Wine Cellar Nov 10 - Note : 90-92 By Josh Raynolds
Deep ruby. Powerful aromas of black raspberry, licorice, garrigue and smoked meat. Dense and ripe, with good depth adding to the dark berry and licorice pastille flavors. Broad, chewy and ripe in style, reminding me a bit of a wine from 2007, showing good finisching cling and length.
ROBERT PARKER Wine Advocate Oct. 2009 - Note : 92-95 +
The stunning 2009 Châteauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes (from 80-100 year old vines) gives some credibility to the vignerons'arguments that in the drought-stricken 2009 growing season, the northem Châteauneuf du Pape parcels were less impacted than those in the south. Domaine la Milliere's vineyards are all in the northem sector. The deep ruby/purple-hued possesses abundant blackerry, black cherry and cassis fruit intermixed with notions of camphor, truffes, garrigue and licorice. Dense, thick and rich, it is potentially one of the few 2009 Châteauneuf du Pape that will eclipse its 2007 counterpart. An opulent, voluptuous texture, long finish and heady combinaison of herbs and super-concentrated fruit make for a wine that can be drunk upon release or cellared for 12-15 years.
COTES DU RHONE VILLAGES ROUGE 2009 « Vieilles Vignes"
Médaille de Bronze au Concours de Mâcon 2011
Médaille d'Argent Concours Général Agricole Paris 2011
CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE ROUGE 2008 « Vieilles Vignes"
Guide Vins et Santé 2011 "Avis des sommeliers"
Sa robe au dessin digne de la haute couture est d’une teinte rouge grenat chatoyant. Son Bouquet qui fait preuve d’une virtuosité exemplaire exhale des parfums de griottes confites, de pruneau, de violette, d’épices (cumin, poivre), de havane et de bois patiné. En bouche, il est puissant, compact et chaleureux, sa structure tannique compacte est noyée dans une chair exceptionnelle de qualité émérite. Au palais, le brandy, le marc de raisin, le clou de girofle, la truffe, la réglisse forte et le boisé vanillé sont émérites. Une grande cuvée à garder encore 2 ans en cave puis à servir avec un gigot de chevreuil, un rumsteck aux pleurotes.
ITP : 62,1 – 4347 mg/l de polyphénols totaux – 132,7 Kcal par verre 15 cl
Gerbelle et Maurange "Les Meilleurs vins à petits prix 2011" Note : 14/20
Toujours un style marqué par des notes de graphite, une bouche solide, en tanins. Il est de demi-garde dans ce millésime.
Stephen TANZER Wine Cellar Jan 10 - Note : 87 By Josh Raynolds
Ruby-red. Pungent aromas of kirsch, smoky minerals and Indian spices. Brighter red berries on the palate, along with tangy mineral and blood orange qualities. Nicely focused and pure but comes up a bit short on the spicy finish.
Médaille de Bronze Concours Général Paris 2010
ROBERT PARKER Wine Advocate Oct. 2009 - Note : 86-88
Proprietor Michel Arnaud consistently produces seductive Châteauneuf-du- Pape from his nearly 40 acres of vines located in one of the appellation’s finest sectore, Cabrières. His dark ruby-colored 2008 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes offers nose of licorice, forest floor, red currants, sweet cherries, and a hint of herbaceouness in the background. This elegant 2008 is ideal for drinking over the next 5-6 years.
Médaille d'Argent au Concours d'Orange 2009
COTE DU RHONE ROSE 2008 " Miss Rose "
Terre de Vins "10 ans Numéro Anniversaire Vin et Sensualité"
"Miss Rose" : voilé un Côtes du Rhône rosé 2008 qui pourrait être réservé aux palais féminin. Nez floral de rose délicate et d'aubépine d'où s'échappent à l'aération de fines notes de gelée d'azerole. Palais suave et bien net, matière savoureuse, aérienne et avec tout cà une présentation qui n'a pas peur d'avoir du style, un rien d'impertinence, beaucoup de féminité. On adore, tentons quelques langoustines sautées !
CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE ROUGE 2007 « Vieilles Vignes »
Guide Vins et Santé 2010 Avis des Sommeliers
A l'oeil la présentation est flatteuse avec une tunique rouge sang foncé aux nuances brunes. Le bouquet, encore légèrement marqué par l'élevage s'ouvre sur la cire d'antiquaire et le bois patiné, puis à l'aération il distille des senteurs de violette, de réglisse forte et de mûre. Une attaque directe aux tanins serrés précède une bouche concentrée riche d'une belle palette d'arômes parmis lequels on relève du poivre, du cèdre, de la girofle, du cassis à l'alcool. Un vin en deverin à ouvrir sur un tournedos aux morilles.
Gerbelle et Maurange "Les Meilleurs vins à petits prix 2010" Note : 15.5/20
Des notes sauvages de baies noires et de vanille. Une bouche puissante, tramée, dense (vignes de 80 ans), de belle fraîcheur, qui évoluera généreusement sur 10 ans.
Guide des vins Gilbert & Gaillard 2010 – Note : 90/100
Robe soutenue, nuance pourpre. Nez de fruits bien mûrs (cerise noire), arrière-plan mêlant note de moka et de grillé. Belle présence en bouche, matière mûre, enveloppée, puissance maîtrisée, belle longueur. Un Châteauneuf de caratère.
Médaille d’Argent Concours Général Paris 2009
Stephen TANZER Wine Cellar Jan/Feb 09 - Note : 90-93 By Josh Raynolds
Brignt ruby. Intensely pefumed, with a spicy bouquet of raspberry, kirsch, smoky herbs ans minerals. Open-knit red and dark berry flavors coat the palate and are supported by finegrained tannins. Finishes with godd sweetness, clarity and an echo of minerals. Here's another 2007 that will be very appealing on release.
ROBERT PARKER Wine Advocate 179 Oct. 2008 - Note : 92-94
"Young proprietor Michel Arnaud continue to turn out forward, complex, seductive Châteauneuf du Pape. The 2007 Châteauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes reveals gorgeous aromas of spring flowers, crushed blak cherries, ink, lavender and spice. The wine is dense ruby/purple-hued, deep, and full-bodied with terrific concentration, a layered texture, and a stunningly long finish. It should drink beautiful young, yet age for 15 or more years. Exhibiting the vintage's hallmark garrigue, ground pepper, spice box, earth, and leathery notes intermixed with hints of bay leaf, red currants and cherries"
Jancis ROBINSON Journaliste au FINANCIAL TIMES - Note : 18/20 - 27 et 28/11/08
Drink 2011-20
Glowing ruby. Hidden, but intriguing nose. Solid and tarry. Very sweet start and then molten black cherries. Then it tightens itself up for the finish, but all is very interesting and promising. Good balance and a wine with a beginning, middle and end.
Médaille d’Or au Concours 2008 d'Orange
COTES DU RHONE ROUGE 2007 « Vieilles Vignes »
Gerbelle & Maurange "Les meilleurs vins à petits prix 2010" Note : 13.5/20
De vieux, très vieux grenaches, donnent un accent châteaunevois à cette cuvée trapue, un rien végétale et riche en alcool.
Le Point "Spécial Vins" Nov.2009 Note : 15/20
Café, fruits noirs, maquis, garrigue, bouche souple, douce, fraîche, tendre, assez élégant, tout en finesse
CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE ROUGE 2006 « Vieilles Vignes »
Médaille d’Or au Concours 2008 de Mâcon
Médaille d’Or au Concours 2007 de la Foire d’Orange
ROBERT PARKER Wine Advocate 173 Oct. 2007 - Note : 90-92
"The 2006 Châteauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes has that very forward lusciousness of the vintage, excellent if not outstanding depth, loads of black currant and sweet cherry fruit, with hints of smoke, herbs, meat and licorice. It is depp ruby/purple, medium to full-bodied, and hedonistic, but at the same time, it seems to have an emerging complexity as well. Drink it over the next 12-14 years. This is an estate to take notice of, as recent evaluations in this guide have certainly made abundantly clear. This is another great example of young emerging newcomers, in this case Aimé and Micher Arnaud, doing all the right things to turn out some impressive wines."
Stephen TANZER Wine Cellar Jan/Feb 08 - Note : 90-92 By Josh Raynolds
"Deep, youthful red. Spicy, mineral-accented cherry and dark berry aromas offer greater depth than the 2005, with an exotic tobacco quality adding interest. Concentrated and broad, offering chewy dark berry preserve flavours, firm tannins and a long, sweet finish. Altogether more rich and serious than the 05. but perhaps lacking that wine’s vivacity."
Jancis ROBINSON Journaliste au FINANCIAL TIMES - Note : 17/20 - 10/12/07
"Bright red. Rich, round and winning. Confident expression of local fruit without too many extra knobs on. Not one of the most powerful – and you could drink it relatively young – but a very classic and representative Châteauneuf, a blend of five different varieties."
COTES DU RHONE VILLAGES 2006 « Vieilles Vignes »
ROBERT PARKER Wine advocate 173 Oct. 2007 - Note : 87
This fine estate offers two very tasty, inexpensive Cotes du Rhone. The 2006 is slightly more austere and lean than the 2005, but still very good, almost tasting like a premier cru from Burgundy’s Cote de Beaune. It should be drunk in the next 3-4 years. This is an estate to take notice of, as recent evaluations in this guide have certainly made abundantly clear. This is another great example of young emerging newcomers, in this case Aimé and Michel Arnaud, doing all the right things to turn out some impressive wines.
CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE ROUGE 2005 « Vieilles Vignes »
Médaille d’Or au Concours 2008 des Vignerons Indépendants
Médaille d’Argent au Concours 2007 de Mâcon
Médaille d’Argent au Concours 2006 de la Foire d’Orange
ROBERT PARKER Wine Advocate 173 Oct. 2007 - Note : 92
"The brillant 2005 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes is a sexy-styled wine, especially for this structured, masculine, and somewhat restrained and backward vintage. This is full-bodied opulence with sweet tannins, low to moderate acidity, and gorgeous levels of plum, fig, black currant, and sweet cherry fruit intermixed with some smoked meat and lavender. This is a beauty of layered opulence and luscious texture. Drink it over next 12-15 years. This is an estate to take notice of, as recent evaluations in this guide have certainly made abundantly clear. This is another great example of young emerging newcomers, in this case Aimé and Michel Arnaud, doing all the right things to turn out some impressive wines."
Stephen TANZER Wine Cellar Jan/Feb 08 - Note : 92 - By Josh Raynolds
"Medium red. Sexy raspberry and cherry on the nose, with fresh floral and spicy mineral character building with aeration. Livel²y red fruit flavours stain the palate but maintain a suave lightness and good clarity. Finishes with juicy persistence and lingering raspberry and baking spice qualities. There’s something positively pinot-like about this, and it’s utterly delicious now. But if you require Chateauneuf to assault your palate, you’ll like this wine less than I did."
Revue du Vin de France Juin 2006
"REUSSITE EXCEPTIONELLE.
Minéral et tannique, grande tenue.
Sobre. Avenir assuré."
COTES DU RHONE ROUGE 2005 « Vieilles Vignes »
Médaille d’Argent au concours 2007 d’Orange
Médaille de Bronze au Concours Général 2007 de Paris
CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE ROUGE 2004 « Vieilles Vignes »
Stephen TANZER Wine Cellar Jan/Feb 06 - Note : 90-92
Dark red. Ripe, expressive and pungent on the nose, with aromas of singed cherry, dark plum, kirsh and garrigue. Wonderfully fresh and energetic on the palate, with seductive baking spice notes accenting the lush, sweet, berry fruit. Warm, supple and long on the gently tannic finish.
ROBERT PARKER Wine advocate 169 Fev. 2007 Note : 89
The 2004 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes is evolved with undeniable Provencal notes of pepper, seaweed, sweet, and smoky cherries and herbs in a medium-bodied, supple style. Even some earthy beet root characteristics, reminiscent of Pinot Noir, jump from the glass of this medium-bodied, plumy, round and seductive Châteauneuf du Pape. Drink it over the next 5-6 years.
Médaille de Bronze au Concours 2007 de Mâcon
