Wine Advocate #179 - Oct 2008
Score : 88
The 2006 Cotes du Rhone exhibits a dark ruby hue that is slightly less saturated than the 2007. It possesses more pepper, garrigue, earth, and tar characteristics in addition to plenty of red and black fruit notes. Medium-bodied and juicy, it is best consumed over the next 2-3 years. Drink: 2008 - 2011. Robert Parker.
Wine Spectator - Nov 15, 2009
Score: 86
A textbook version, with mesquite and tobacco notes weaving through a core of crushed plum and blackberry fruit. A licorice edge frames the lightly grippy finish. Drink now. 250,000 cases made. James Molesworth.