John Livingston/drinkrhone.com: “Has an open-fronted raspberry fruit aroma, evokes a red pastille sweetness, is an open book. The palate delivers spiced raspberry-mulberry fruit that is suave, flows along. An agreeable sweep of blackberry fruit comes along on the finish, the tannins inset there. It is all very orderly, a sweet and facile wine. the length is fair, but it drifts a little towards the finish. From 2015. [December 2012]

Jeb Dunnuck/Wine Advocate: “Gorgeous all around, with plenty of similarities to the traditional cuvée, yet slightly richer and fuller, it delivers beautiful mulled red and black fruits, licorice, spice and tinges of stony minerality on the nose. Full-bodied, supple, seamless and elegant, with fine tannin, it makes the most of a difficult vintage and is certainly one of the top 10-12 wines.”