91-94 Points | International Wine Cellar , March/April 2013

Tasted in components:  #1, from Les Oliviers, in Tournon: Fresh blue fruits and violet on the nose.  Lush and open-knit, with sappy boysenberry and cassis flavors and a hint of licorice on the back end.  #2, from Bachasson, in Lemps: A pure granite, south-facing site in Lemps; high-pitched, mineral-accented aromas and flavors of black raspberry and bitter cherry.  Precise and subtly sweet, with strong finishing lift and cut.  #3, from Clos Forentin, in Mauves: Made from vines that Chave says are between 80 and 100 years of age; emphatic blueberry and violet scents and flavors, with a bright mineral overlay.  Sappy and penetrating, with excellent focus and finishing sweetness.  #4, from Dardouille, in Tournon:  Deeply pitched dark fruit preserves and licorice on the nose.  Fleshy and broad, with very good depth and chewy blackcurrant and bitter cherry flavors.  Gripping tannins shape a long, sappy finish.  The final wine should be a bright, mineral-driven example of Saint-Joseph, with lots of upfront appeal but the balance to age.

90-94 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate