A burly style, with lots of braised chestnut, game, black pepper and beef leading the way. There's a solid core of black currant fruit, with a long, structure-driven finish that shows great herb and mineral notes. Best from 2009 through 2022. 3,750 cases made.
92 points - Wine Spectator, May 15, 2007
The classic garrigue smells of roasted herbs, loamy soil notes, and pepper are present in the dark ruby/purple-tinged 2004 Chateauneuf du Pape. Quite broad, spicy, with excellent texture and purity, this wine tastes like the essence of Provence and smells as if you’re walking through one of the local open-air marketplaces. Drink it over the next 7-8 years as it’s on a relatively fast evolutionary track. Ever since the late 1990s, this fine estate run by the Versino brothers has done everything right, turning out classic but elegant wines from Chateauneuf du Pape that texturally often seem to have more in common with fine Burgundies than southern Rhone wines.
90 points - The Wine Advocate (February 2007) | 
