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2006 Domaine de Cristia Chateauneuf du Pape
Sometimes you're in the right place at the wrong time. For years, the Grangeons, owners of one of the most perfectly placed estates in Chateauneuf, sold their grapes to Guigal and Chapoutier. When a property like Domaine de Cristia sits on Chateauneuf's Rodeo Drive-- alm... (Read More)
2006 Mas du Soleilla Petit Mars
For years, the Languedoc, the sun-drenched appellation in the south of France, was stuck. Almost regardless of quality, prices were low, and producers couldn't invest. Then, in the mid-1990s, the press turned on the jets, showering high scores on lots of Languedocien red... (Read More)
2007 Xavier Vignon Vacqueyras
When Robert Parker wrote about Xavier Vignon's 2007 Vaqueyras, he got the wine right, describing it as having "dazzling levels of blackberry and kirsch fruit interwoven with notions of licorice." But Parker apparently didn't have had the chance to speak directly with the... (Read More)
2004 Quinta de la Quietud Toro
When the head winemaker at Vega Sicilia, Spain's most famous estate, called brilliant Rhone enologist Jean Francois Hebrard and told him about the old, dry-farmed Tempranillo at Quietud, Hebrard was intrigued. "It's the jewel of Toro," Javier Ausas told his enology schoo... (Read More)